pkapur86

>Actually, take a minute to think hard, and come up with one product manager that achieved anything comparable to these folks.

Andy Jassy started as a product manager at Amazon and is now CEO of Amazon. Product thinking and working backwards from customer needs (and not forward from technology), is not just a big-tech concept, but applicable to every business big or small.

i came back to HN to thank you for putting this service. As a product manager often times i want to test ideas and i was able to put together something that looks nice using your product within an hour. I customized a template but the tools were pretty intuitive. It was so easy and pain-free that i immediately wanted to prototype another idea but seems i can only do one per account. Anyways, thanks and keep up the good work.

Great read and sums up a lot of my experiences. As a product manager who launched a niche consumer hardware product recently, I came up with the same analysis. Plus, manufacturing state-side (boston) had its own perks (quality control) and cons (labor cost and freight from china for components). Even after you factor in all the costs, there is cost of acquire customers which can be quite a lot for a product that is new in its category, where a lot of startups aspire to be. What is tricky is seeding customers, organic growth through hackathons, co-marketing, and customer stories.

Thanks for the post.

PS: Full Disclosure, i launched a robotic haptic device (cubify.com/touch).

seriously! it says "putten status"

wow! A lot of things hit home. I am glad OP posted this. I wasn't aware of the psychological aspect and always thought my procrastination was just a form of laziness. I esp agree with the "hit"i get of letting myself off the hook, only to be in more stress. Thanks a lot again.

The day is not far when the next CERN is funded on kickstarter!:P

Love the idea! Thanks for sharing.

Futuristic music with synchronized quadrotor robots. Quadrotors appear at 3:00