> But building real stuff, in meatspace, has more variables than anyone can even conceptualize.
and is also exactly what people want. Having and app is fine and maybe cool, but at some point what I want from my taxi company is to get in a real car with the person who is preferably not a murderer and drive somewhere. The app is not very valuable to me unless it somehow optimizes that desirable part of the exchange.
I've worked a few years in the enterprise now, and the same thing keeps popping up. Startups think they have some cool cutting-edge technology to sell, but we aren't buying technology. We will gladly pay you to take away some real life problem though, but that also means you have to own any problems with your software, since we will be paying for a service, not software.
and is also exactly what people want. Having and app is fine and maybe cool, but at some point what I want from my taxi company is to get in a real car with the person who is preferably not a murderer and drive somewhere. The app is not very valuable to me unless it somehow optimizes that desirable part of the exchange.
I've worked a few years in the enterprise now, and the same thing keeps popping up. Startups think they have some cool cutting-edge technology to sell, but we aren't buying technology. We will gladly pay you to take away some real life problem though, but that also means you have to own any problems with your software, since we will be paying for a service, not software.