Your moat only matters until you’ve solved a real user need. Once the need is clearly being met, the moat matters less than trust, adoption, and execution.
If yes - I wonder what does it mean for a product.
Do you mean that after need is met (PMF reached) no one can beat:
- brand
- distribution
- support
- community?
I said your needs. Think about why you are doing what you are doing. And at what point that need is met.
So if your need is financial then you say my need is to recover my costs(time you put in * hourly rate+hardware costs+energy costs etc etc) + some profit. Once you have achieved that the moat becomes less important right?
If the need is not financial but this project is going to look good on my resume and get me more interesting work, then the moment you do get a better job the moat doesnt matter.
So I was encouraging you to think about why you do what you do. Cuz after you feel like you have meet your own needs moats matter less.
You could provide code to enterprise customers for a fee, with contractural restrictions on how they can use it.
You could also have trusted third parties see the code and vouch for it.
Or you may decide that the 5% asking for this feature aren’t worth it. You don’t have to capture every customer.
Think about what your own needs are. Moats are only required till the need is meet.
Sorry I'm dumb. had to ask LLM what you mean.
Do you mean
Your moat only matters until you’ve solved a real user need. Once the need is clearly being met, the moat matters less than trust, adoption, and execution.
If yes - I wonder what does it mean for a product.
Do you mean that after need is met (PMF reached) no one can beat: - brand - distribution - support - community?
I said your needs. Think about why you are doing what you are doing. And at what point that need is met. So if your need is financial then you say my need is to recover my costs(time you put in * hourly rate+hardware costs+energy costs etc etc) + some profit. Once you have achieved that the moat becomes less important right? If the need is not financial but this project is going to look good on my resume and get me more interesting work, then the moment you do get a better job the moat doesnt matter. So I was encouraging you to think about why you do what you do. Cuz after you feel like you have meet your own needs moats matter less.
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