http://davedupre.com/2007/10/31/cool-vs-valuable/ Some random thoughts - Go big or stay home! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:08:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://davedupre.com/2007/10/31/cool-vs-valuable/#comment-83 Bill Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:26:35 +0000 http://davedupre.com/2007/10/31/cool-vs-valuable/#comment-83 I couldn't agree more with you. I recently finished a product that was more than functional, it really worked well and was easy to use. Then came the "hey, this would be really cool. Please add it." My response was usually "is there customer demand? Does it help sell the product? Or is it just cool?" I have to say that 9 out of 10 times at that place it "was just cool". Even so, the owners said they wanted it so we built it. If I add up all the time we spent building "just cool" I could have gotten two more products out in that time. I couldn’t agree more with you. I recently finished a product that was more than functional, it really worked well and was easy to use. Then came the “hey, this would be really cool. Please add it.” My response was usually “is there customer demand? Does it help sell the product? Or is it just cool?” I have to say that 9 out of 10 times at that place it “was just cool”. Even so, the owners said they wanted it so we built it. If I add up all the time we spent building “just cool” I could have gotten two more products out in that time.

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