Rushikesh Dhule

early on every request feels urgent because there are so few users. one person asks for something twice and it starts to feel like the roadmap. but a loud user and a common need look the same when you only have a handful of people talking to you. my view is the request matters less than the problem under it, and if three people describe the same problem in different words thats worth more than one person asking for the exact feature five times. curious how others draw the line. do you have a number, a rule, or is it mostly gut until you have enough users to see patterns?

Growing up, I sometimes wished I had someone in my family who was more action-oriented and could guide me towards business.

Coming from a post-communist country like Slovakia, most older generations were used to simply being employed. So when I wanted to become independent and start my own business, my family often tried to talk me out of it, made excuses for why it wouldn t work, or even laughed at me.