My CEO told me that it was OK if our flagship product never shipped, because it connected us to industry. I asked for more details and he just glared death at me.

Whaa? Doesn’t make sense. Did he mean the act of building gave you connections or just act of having a company officially listed under industryX automatically “connects” you to industry?

dana says:

June 11, 2014 at 3:52 am

I was wondering the same thing.

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Anonymous says:

June 11, 2014 at 2:21 pm

Both. The reason it’s odd is that if we managed to ship, it could be a amazing revenue source. Could fund everything for years.

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I know who you are.

Anonymous says:

June 11, 2014 at 11:43 am

And I know what you did last summer.

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- Anonymous says:
  
  June 11, 2014 at 1:16 pm
  
  And I know what s/he’s doing this winter.
  
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  - Anonymous says:
    
    June 22, 2014 at 8:03 am
    
    The winter is coming…
    
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He sounds like a smart guy. Half the time, your flagship product isn’t what you think it is.

Maybe your boss is megatron and industry is code word for the all-spark. I’d suggest you don’t push it.

It makes sense – at least for me, that think the same. I ran a startup for 2 years and industry acknowledgement is probably the only thing we have left (along with expertise) now that we are pivoting.

Anonymous says:

June 11, 2014 at 2:25 pm

we don’t even have the expertise. 🙁

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Anonymous says:

June 11, 2014 at 6:14 pm

You get all the industry acknowledgement you want until you ask the first person to actually pay for your product.

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Some people seem to get in this just for recognition and fame. I prefer money.

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