Startups · 1h ago
Indie Hackers: Stop Building, Start Selling
An indie hacker shares how he wasted two months building an AI tool without validating demand. He offered free credits instead of charging, attracting only 20 trial users in a month. The key lesson: free usage doesn't prove willingness to pay.
Meridian48 take
A cautionary tale for founders who mistake product-building for customer discovery, but the advice is hardly new—it's a classic startup failure mode.
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