True, from a numbers perspective most startups are a Y (in an X of/for Y) but every once in a while someone becomes an X (Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox) and that’s what’s exciting about reading a “Show HN” for me.
Customers want smaller CDs, not iPods. So I think this statement is true if you are improving on an existing idea (such as castled). But if you’ve got a transformative idea, talking to customers probably doesn’t help as much
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