Vijay Anand

Wanted to start a thread to hear about how some other startup founders have approached finding the right early adopters and have kept them interested/engaged as the product grows, fails, and goes through changes. How did you find the early adopters? What was your strategy for keeping them engaged? How often did you reach out to them for feedback?

There are four distinct ideas, that over the span of a few years have interconnected to paint a perspective. 1. Einstein famously said, "Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler". I've mulled over it from time to time, but never quite realized how profound it was. 2. Then I came across this art by Picasso, where he goes through the process of simplifying the visual representation of a bull. 3. Then there is the concept of how our thinking evolves, and we go through a process of divergence and convergence to arrive at resolutions, which iteratively improve our understanding of things and hence our ability to create/improve on systems. 4. Then there is the famous quote by Michaelangelo where he talks about the idea of being locked inside a stone, and for everything that is not the statue to be removed. I've put these thoughts together into a stream of thought here.