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I don't particularly like the use of buzzwords, but they give a sense of what's living in the corporate world.

Which buzzwords should be dropped in a meeting for the other parties to nod profusely?

I have a Facebook account but I don't want to install the Facebook or Messenger app. This is how I read my messages over the years:

1. First I read them on m.facebook.com.

2. Then, some years ago they disabled access to messages on m.facebook.com, so I started reading them on mbasic.facebook.com.

3. After some time, loading the inbox now takes 5 seconds where it used to be instant.

4. Recently access to messages was disabled on mbasic.facebook.com as well, so then I could only read them anymore on facebook.com on desktop.

5. Just this week, I posted something on Marketplace, and I noticed that messages that originate from the Marketplace do not show up.

So the only way that I could read these messages was to install Messenger on my phone, and disable AdGuared becuase otherwise I could not login. (It's uninstalled again)

As a solo developer, I have been working on a simulation tool for embedded systems for the past couple of months. Since it is a considerable technical challenge, there is still some work to do to get to a stage where the tool is practically usable by customers. So that means that it would be hard to sell it at this moment. Moreover, since I'm working solo, improving the website, writing articles, going to customers, or other sales-related activities, means taking away time from working on the tool itself. Similarly, I could spent my time doing services to have some income, but then the progress on my product would slow down a lot as well.

What is a good approach to having some income, with a product that is not yet an MVP, and still be able to continue programming to get to an MVP?

I developed over the past couple of months a tool for simulating embedded systems. I'm at a point where I could go to potential customers and demonstrate the product, however I do not have any real-world use cases to show them yet, only hobby-level small projects that I created with the tool. How can I get around this chicken and egg problem of finding a first customer to sell to while not having any industrial use cases?

Hi,

Long time HN reader but first time poster here.

I work at a very large corporation, but I've always had the desire to create a startup company.

Currently I have a product idea that I strongly believe is valuable and worth to develop further, however it is an idea that requires a large upfront development before a minimum viable product can be released (5-10 persons developing for 2-3 years).

I could go the intrapreneur way, trying to push development of this new product inside the company, or I could quit and go for a startup myself.

The intrapreneur way is less risky with regards to personal income. I probably could convince the company to have a few people spend their time on this idea. It might also make it easier to connect with potential customers. However I think that if the product turns out to be succesful the personal financial rewards will be lower. I feel that people higher up in the company will gain financially more from my effort than myself.

The startup way is more risky: it requires me to find skilled people which I've tried before and had troubles with finding. Furthermore, it might be more difficult to connect to, and convince customers since it is a startup and not backed by a big company. However, in case of success the financial rewards will go more directly towards myself and will probably exceed the income I will get by staying at my current company.

Taking into account that the product requires a large upfront development, would you recommend the intrapreneur way or the startup way?