Should I Focus on Improving My Product or Acquiring New Users?
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The author is seeking advice on whether to focus on improving their product or acquiring new users for their startup qoery.com, with commenters offering guidance based on their experience and the author's background.
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I'm now building qoery.com. The product is functional but not fully polished. I have 60 sign-ups but no paying customers yet. The feedback I'm getting from existing users is "improve the product and we'll pay."
I've spent the last two weeks iterating heavily on the product based on this feedback. It's significantly better now, but growth has completely stagnated during this time.
So I'm facing a dilemma: should I keep iterating based on user feedback until I convert those first users to paid customers? Or should I shift focus to customer acquisition and try to find users who might pay for what exists today?
Looking for advice from founders who've been through this.
I see what you're saying. Stay laser-focused on potential enterprise customers, and iterate with them until they pay.