"You can't force people to buy": on what market pull actually looks like
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-28
The closer of dunkhippo33's thread. Citing Rupa Health—flailing as a chronic-illness community until pivoting to an easy lab-test ordering interface, after which growth broke out within weeks—he defines what market pull looks like: when the direction is right, growth shows up on its own. His takeaway: no matter how hard you work, you can't force people to buy something; hitting natural demand involves real luck.
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