The judgment-as-product framing is exactly what I keep trying to explain to small business owners I work with on AI tools for business owners. Two-person teams at $230M ARR are not winning on features. They are winning because their judgment about what to build, what to ignore, and who to serve is compressing years of market feedback into weeks. What do you think separates founders who develop that kind of judgment from those who stay stuck in execution mode?
The great founders may have a product thesis but use the thesis to get into the room. Then they're mining for the most pressing problem - a problem that scares people, that makes people bang on the desk for a solution or drives them to fire people - then they build around that. The other founders have a product thesis and spend months maybe years trying to convince people to buy it. ..... đŹ
The judgment-as-product framing is exactly what I keep trying to explain to small business owners I work with on AI tools for business owners. Two-person teams at $230M ARR are not winning on features. They are winning because their judgment about what to build, what to ignore, and who to serve is compressing years of market feedback into weeks. What do you think separates founders who develop that kind of judgment from those who stay stuck in execution mode?
The great founders may have a product thesis but use the thesis to get into the room. Then they're mining for the most pressing problem - a problem that scares people, that makes people bang on the desk for a solution or drives them to fire people - then they build around that. The other founders have a product thesis and spend months maybe years trying to convince people to buy it. ..... đŹ