"Now I'm wondering if my idea is bad or if my distribution is awful." This is a false dichotomy, I think. Trying to grow is an essential part of how you evolve

"Now I'm wondering if my idea is bad or if my distribution is awful." This is a false dichotomy, I think. Trying to grow is an essential part of how you evolve the idea and discover what the "growable idea" really is. This is one of the core things I took away from this PG classic: http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html