Mar 16, 2022 · 15m · founders-journal
Great Startup Ideas, Bad Businesses
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In this episode of Founders Journal, Alex Lieberman examines why intuitive startup concepts often fail as sustainable businesses, dissecting traps such as personal CRMs and two-sided marketplaces. He equips entrepreneurs with strategic frameworks to evaluate commercial viability, substitution risks, and execution hurdles before building.
Statements from this episode (3)
Note-taking apps fail unless they are 10x better than Apple Notes
“Note-taking apps in general, which also I pretty much agree with most of the time, unless the functionality is really 10 X better. Because at the end of the day, most of the notes that I'm taking are on my Mac, on literally like the Apple Notes app, and it is …”
Alex Lieberman: Personal CRMs are a 'shitty business to build'
“With that, organizing your conversations and relationships makes a ton of sense, but unfortunately, I think there are enough good free products, not enough functionality differentiation you can make to make it worthwhile to pay for something, and I think it ru…”