Ask HN: How can you tell if your product is just bad?
I know you're supposed to solve a need with your product, but even doing so doesn't guarantee getting users. How can you tell if you aren't effectively marketing/targeting the right audience (when marketing or with the product itself) or if the product is just bad itself?
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What is the product? I’ll let you know if it is.
More seriously, it’s easy to be delusional about the possibility of success. One way to tell is if the goalposts keep moving. Didn’t make quarterly goals? It’s because that one person flaked out. Next quarter? Our competitors desperately underbid us. Next quarter? If only we had added that one feature sooner. Repeat.
Do you have data about the sales and marketing process?
More seriously, it’s easy to be delusional about the possibility of success. One way to tell is if the goalposts keep moving. Didn’t make quarterly goals? It’s because that one person flaked out. Next quarter? Our competitors desperately underbid us. Next quarter? If only we had added that one feature sooner. Repeat.
Do you have data about the sales and marketing process?