>Make something people want. It’s Y-Combinator’s motto and a maxim of aspiring internet entrepreneurs. The idea is that if you build something truly awesome, you’ll figure out a way to make some money off of it.
To me, "make something people want" is a proxy for "make something people are willing to pay for." To truly want something, you have to be willing to expend resources to obtain it. Anything less than that is people blowing smoke.
To me, "make something people want" is a proxy for "make something people are willing to pay for." To truly want something, you have to be willing to expend resources to obtain it. Anything less than that is people blowing smoke.