Burning my last fuel

My current experience as a micro entrepreneur is a great example of why I cannot do product management alone.

For a product to do its job well, it requires understanding of the right audience, and to come to life through real interactions that validate its value with said audience (1).

For it to reach the right audience beyond the initial validations, it needs good salespeople (2).

For it to reach the right amount of said audience regularly, it needs good marketing (3).

For it to reach more of the right audience without (3) it needs to have had superb results in (1) and (2) for it to work through word of mouth (4).

I am still stuck at 1. There is a lot in 1. There is research, design, testing, implementation. I am trying terribly hard to do 2 and 3 as well, but it is a steep learning curve for me that comes with pure rational application, but zero natural talent for said jobs. This is hard. This is very hard.

Many times I have wanted to quit. But I will not. Not yet. I am burning the last of my fuel in what is left of 2025. This fuel will mean I finally take off or I just go give someone else the grit and curiosity that has kept me going for the last two years in exchange for continuing to make a living.

So wish me success. The one that comes with a lot of luck, because I am already putting in the job and the consistency.

Happy Wednesday,
Maria

P.S. I am starting to suspect I am the victim of a common mistake. I want people to take their vitamins. But all they want is a fudging painkiller. This is hard. In case you wanted to hear that again.