We expected to sell a few thousand r1s — we sold over 100k
SimonBalmain · x · 2026-10-12
SimonBalmain shares a startup lesson: a first-gen product only has to prove the market exists. They expected to sell a few thousand r1 units but sold over 100k, and that validated market is what made their follow-up product, muse charm, possible.
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