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Imagination about the market

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No matter how boring, unpopular, or ancient entrepreneurial topics sound, they will reveal unlimited opportunities and room for growth under the irradiation of unique imagination. Since starting my business, when I face investors and reporters, I am often asked why a Generation Z like me, who is less than 25 years old, would run to make an ancient Web 2 note-taking software when Web 3 and AI are popular. topic. Today I want to share my thoughts. Before starting a business, I often heard others say that when starting a business, choice is more important than hard work. When you choose the wrong market, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless; when you choose the right market, even pigs can fly in front of the wind. I don't completely agree with this point of view. The choice of market is indeed very important, and the market size and growth rate do help us evaluate our choices. However, I think what is more important than these data is what kind of imagination I have about the ma

創業到現在,我在面對投資人和記者時,常會被問到為什麼像我這種 25 歲不到的 Z 世代,會在 Web 3 和 AI 當紅的時候跑去做筆記軟體這樣古老的 Web 2 題目。今天想分享一下我的想法。 在創業以前,我常聽到別人說在創業時,選擇比努力重要。選錯市場時,再怎麼努力都沒用;選對市場時,在風口前連豬都能飛。針對這個觀點,我並不完全同意。市場的選擇的確非常重要,市場規模和成長速度的確也有助於我們評估選擇。然而,比起這些數據,我認為更重要的是我對我所選的市場具備什麼樣的想像力。 舉例來說,我相信在 1995 年一定有很多市場看起來比做線上書店更有潛力,在 2006 年一定也有很多市場看起來比做手機更有潛力。但是當年在做線上書店的 Amazon 現在成了世界最大的電商巨頭,當年在做手機的 Apple 現在建構了全球最大的行動端軟體生態系。我認為這些企業會變得如此之大,靠的並不只是對市場的數字評估,而是一種對未來世界的美好想像。 再以我比較熟悉的筆記軟體市場為例:Notion、Roam、Heptabase 都可以用來寫筆記,但是這些工具背後的團隊對未來的想像其實不太一樣。以下是我的觀察: Notion 團隊想像未來的每個人都可以透過組合一些樂高般的基本元素,打造出他們需要的數位工具和工作流。 Roam 團隊想像未來的每個人在查詢和研究任何概念時,都可以達到時光回溯,看到從古至今所有人對這

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