I appreciate your open reflection here. The difficulty of wide vs narrow, when, and how much data is necessary to make a move to "niche" down is a real challenge. How does the approach of problem and market discovery (wide) fit with your view of experimentation / testing of a specific hypothesis (narrow)? I'm not sure what your "human co-pilot" value prop means in practice in terms of an offering type (fractional work, project based work, advisory work, etc), but I know at least for me, that it's true that if I'm thinking of MYSELF as the "offering" it can be much more difficult to narrow (I'm a human being) than if I were simply trying to test one product idea with one ICP.
This is good acknowledgement of the challenge on data, navigating problem and market discovery (wide) vs testing (narrow) and doing so especially when YOU are the 'offering' (as a human being) -- thanks also for some of your vulnerability and acknolwedgement.
I started writing a deeper reply, and it totally ballooned, so I think it'll become today's post. :)
Good feedback that being a human co-pilot is not clear in terms of communicating value prop so likely a need to improve that -- it was initially triggered by the idea of contrasting with explosion of AI-copilots (just as an FYI for context). :)
Thought partner + cofounder level support without the need to find a cofounder is probably better --> this is what I've been told and am aiming to capture.
I appreciate your open reflection here. The difficulty of wide vs narrow, when, and how much data is necessary to make a move to "niche" down is a real challenge. How does the approach of problem and market discovery (wide) fit with your view of experimentation / testing of a specific hypothesis (narrow)? I'm not sure what your "human co-pilot" value prop means in practice in terms of an offering type (fractional work, project based work, advisory work, etc), but I know at least for me, that it's true that if I'm thinking of MYSELF as the "offering" it can be much more difficult to narrow (I'm a human being) than if I were simply trying to test one product idea with one ICP.
This is good acknowledgement of the challenge on data, navigating problem and market discovery (wide) vs testing (narrow) and doing so especially when YOU are the 'offering' (as a human being) -- thanks also for some of your vulnerability and acknolwedgement.
I started writing a deeper reply, and it totally ballooned, so I think it'll become today's post. :)
Good feedback that being a human co-pilot is not clear in terms of communicating value prop so likely a need to improve that -- it was initially triggered by the idea of contrasting with explosion of AI-copilots (just as an FYI for context). :)
Thought partner + cofounder level support without the need to find a cofounder is probably better --> this is what I've been told and am aiming to capture.