Do you have an MBA or other similar business experience? Because you can’t “fuck marketing.” Without marketing you have no business. How are people going to find out about your product?
How did people find out about Google, YouTube, Facebook, Whatsapp, Waze, Instagram, when they have started?
I think it was because they provided an unique service and word of mouth was enough.
I remember when Gmail was in beta. There was no marketing. I was fortunate to receive an invite and once I get 5 invites, friends were begging me to send them one.
Exactly! As a SWE pursuing MBA, I was surprised to learn how critical marketing is to the existence of a business, and that it's way more logical, quantitative and data driven than people realize.
You can write a hugely popular app with great UX, and super scalable backend but if you don't align your marketing parameters you won't make ends meet.
>Exactly! As a SWE pursuing MBA, I was surprised to learn how critical marketing is to the existence of a business
And you are wondering that people who are in business to teach you something tell you how vital is what they are teaching you? All salesmen sell things that are vital for your success, health, well being if you trust what they are telling.
Do you have an MBA or other similar business experience? Because you can’t “fuck marketing.” Without marketing you have no business. How are people going to find out about your product?