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Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business

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660 points jonkuipers | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.308s | source
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ipaddr ◴[08 Jul 25 20:46 UTC] No.44503927[source]▶
The validation piece I don't understand. From first sale to first dip to each peak and fall when was the validation reached? First sale, 1k revenue?

You can find 5 users who will pay but that doesn't validate a million a month.

What does product validation mean here.

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1. pan69 ◴[08 Jul 25 20:56 UTC] No.44504000[source]▶
Maybe validation isn't one big moment, but maybe validation could be many small moments. So, those first 5 users: small validation. First 1K MRR: small validation. Etc. I think the point of the article is to be persistent and if you're getting small validations along the way, then those are indicators to keep going. At least, that's my take.