Comment by the_gastropod
2 years ago
To be fair to Mike, Sidekiq is absolutely free. He sells an enterprise version for money, that comes with support.
2 years ago
To be fair to Mike, Sidekiq is absolutely free. He sells an enterprise version for money, that comes with support.
And he only started because companies were telling him it would be easier if they could just pay him.
Anyone who has a free thing, sell something that produces an expendable invoice or receipt. Makes it easy to use company funds to pay for company work. “Buy me a coffee” buttons don’t really cut it.
This is great. Reminds me of the Derek Sivers post [1], "Don't start a business until people are asking you to."
1. https://sive.rs/asking
Sorry, this is bogus.
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." or whatever the quote is.
There are tons of businesses selling products that are ideas brought to life from scratching their own itch or simply a desire to make something and put it out there.
Personally, I am one of those people who started a business based on an idea with no validation before launching it.
I built it in its entirety, then went to places and people who I expected would want it and low-and-behold, I am making a living doing it.
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