I think there are times when it is appropriate to add on products or course-recorrect. Case in point: we are working closely with a bunch of hiring managers / companies for our startup (CollegeJobConnect) and kept hearing over and over that they wanted a way to add a personalized careers portal. So we built Recruitly to allow them to do just that. It was a strategic decision and another product we added to our portfolio (also helps with our sales pipeline for CollegeJobConnect). I guess there is a balance between additive actions and complete distractions, just have to use your best judgement!
Completely agree. It sounds like the new add on product was related to your current product. The danger is a distraction from a completely unrelated product.
exactly, very well put!
been there. that's a really important lesson to learn.
Don't change course after you've invested significantly into an idea that is likely to come to fruition?
Hmm, would never have thought of that...
It seems obvious but it can be very tempting to switch course.