Neil Patel

We had on the whiteboard when we announced that we were pivoting and we did a sprint with the team and we were like, okay, we're going to build this data store. The first couple of things on the whiteboard were essentially the cloud exists with two underlines.

We had on the whiteboard when we announced that we were pivoting and we did a sprint with the team and we were like, okay, we're going to build this data store. The first couple of things on the whiteboard were essentially the cloud exists with two underlines.

And the whole point was like, anytime we think that we're going to be special and try and build something ourselves, if AWS already does it or Azure does, There's no reason for us to build it. Instead, we should find how to make use of that and it will pay off in the long term. And I think we're seeing some of that paying off now.

And the whole point was like, anytime we think that we're going to be special and try and build something ourselves, if AWS already does it or Azure does, There's no reason for us to build it. Instead, we should find how to make use of that and it will pay off in the long term. And I think we're seeing some of that paying off now.

And the whole point was like, anytime we think that we're going to be special and try and build something ourselves, if AWS already does it or Azure does, There's no reason for us to build it. Instead, we should find how to make use of that and it will pay off in the long term. And I think we're seeing some of that paying off now.

I'll be honest, I think like the one that sticks with me is we didn't get that initial product into the hands of people who would have given that feedback or advice to us fast enough. We corrected that so hard now where even features and things like that, we will try and get them into people's hands as early as possible for the earliest feedback possible.

I'll be honest, I think like the one that sticks with me is we didn't get that initial product into the hands of people who would have given that feedback or advice to us fast enough. We corrected that so hard now where even features and things like that, we will try and get them into people's hands as early as possible for the earliest feedback possible.

I'll be honest, I think like the one that sticks with me is we didn't get that initial product into the hands of people who would have given that feedback or advice to us fast enough. We corrected that so hard now where even features and things like that, we will try and get them into people's hands as early as possible for the earliest feedback possible.

I wish I had known how important that was with the product we were building then, because I think we could have reduced the time to this version of Axiom by maybe even a few years, to be honest.

I wish I had known how important that was with the product we were building then, because I think we could have reduced the time to this version of Axiom by maybe even a few years, to be honest.

I wish I had known how important that was with the product we were building then, because I think we could have reduced the time to this version of Axiom by maybe even a few years, to be honest.

That just sits with me because it's one of those things where it wasn't a clear thing for me because coming from open source, et cetera, I was so used to building and every commit would be built and put out somewhere. And so someone's always using it. And so you'd always be used to getting that quick feedback.

That just sits with me because it's one of those things where it wasn't a clear thing for me because coming from open source, et cetera, I was so used to building and every commit would be built and put out somewhere. And so someone's always using it. And so you'd always be used to getting that quick feedback.

That just sits with me because it's one of those things where it wasn't a clear thing for me because coming from open source, et cetera, I was so used to building and every commit would be built and put out somewhere. And so someone's always using it. And so you'd always be used to getting that quick feedback.

When we got our heads down and we were building this initial vision, we lost that connection. And I think my team, myself, we thrive on that connection with a user on the other side or someone to give us feedback. And that was time lost, I'd say.

When we got our heads down and we were building this initial vision, we lost that connection. And I think my team, myself, we thrive on that connection with a user on the other side or someone to give us feedback. And that was time lost, I'd say.

When we got our heads down and we were building this initial vision, we lost that connection. And I think my team, myself, we thrive on that connection with a user on the other side or someone to give us feedback. And that was time lost, I'd say.

The whole reason we made this data store and then we built the product around it is you can send everything to it. It's efficient and obviously that means that you're not going to have to burn holes in your pockets or anything.

The whole reason we made this data store and then we built the product around it is you can send everything to it. It's efficient and obviously that means that you're not going to have to burn holes in your pockets or anything.

The whole reason we made this data store and then we built the product around it is you can send everything to it. It's efficient and obviously that means that you're not going to have to burn holes in your pockets or anything.