We find what we look out for
jasonleow • 3 Mar 2024 •
More often than not someone on Twitter will say to me: I know so many more founders who made it because they focused on 1 startup, and only a few who succeeded from doing multiple products.
Then I show them a whole long list of creators, indie hackers who are doing more than 1 product and made more than $10k per month.
Then silence. 🥁
It’s just confirmation bias at play.
They believe focus is the better approach. So they only look out for and follow those who focus to confirm their biases. Most of the time it plays out unconsciously. I believe both approaches can work, but I prefer the small bets way personally, so I tend to look out for and follow folks who succeed that way.
And turns out: I know just as many folks doing that. In fact, there’s probably even more I missed.
We simply find what we look out for.
Comments
true and while I still struggle with my first idea, they already building their 4th or 5th products already, the ship really fast
This further confirms that I made the right decision to stop following other people’s advice on the Church of TwiX.
@Winkletter Damn, triple whammy of biases. No wonder people are entrenched in their pov.
@knight Trying to learn how to ship that fast myself too.
@therealbrandonwilson Yep same. I prefer to observe what they do, not what they say.
Selection bias and confirmation bias with a hint of survivorship bias.