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LOL, yes I agree that my writing was a bit dry. But we all play charades, and are passionate about it. That said, I think there are enough examples as well of startups that have succeeded where the founders themselves were not part of the primary target user community, but they developed a deep enough understanding of the users needs to build a successful product.

Incidentally, I OH this on Facebook: We tend to underestimate long term impact of reason and short term impact of passion.



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