The Cursor "pivot toward yourself" point is the keeper: building where you're already the customer fixes motivation, training data, and discovery in one move.
I wanted to ask you something. How can someone realistically conduct those conversations when they're operating in an environment where there is zero connectivity at night?
This naturally brings up another question facing founders: what should you pivot into? How do you find their next niche?
🤓☝️ According to the organizational theory of resource partitioning, ironically you should actually look towards the dominant players in your industry (ex: if they’re an AI startup, look at what the big players are doing) — and then do the opposite of what’s working for them. This is because these massive firms, due to their size and scale, have to take a more generalist approach to product development. As a result, there are niche communities being overlooked and underserved. The pattern has been true for nearly all start-ups that go on to become bohemoths. They rarely were the FIRST. Instead, they served an untapped market more effectively than the generalists.
In short, the answer for your next pivot could be the opposite of what you thought it would be. Thanks for a great read!
The Cursor "pivot toward yourself" point is the keeper: building where you're already the customer fixes motivation, training data, and discovery in one move.
Troy,
I wanted to ask you something. How can someone realistically conduct those conversations when they're operating in an environment where there is zero connectivity at night?
I'd genuinely value your perspective on this.
Thanks.
This naturally brings up another question facing founders: what should you pivot into? How do you find their next niche?
🤓☝️ According to the organizational theory of resource partitioning, ironically you should actually look towards the dominant players in your industry (ex: if they’re an AI startup, look at what the big players are doing) — and then do the opposite of what’s working for them. This is because these massive firms, due to their size and scale, have to take a more generalist approach to product development. As a result, there are niche communities being overlooked and underserved. The pattern has been true for nearly all start-ups that go on to become bohemoths. They rarely were the FIRST. Instead, they served an untapped market more effectively than the generalists.
In short, the answer for your next pivot could be the opposite of what you thought it would be. Thanks for a great read!