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Timing the Market as a Founder - Andrew Gazdecki, Acquire - Undefeated Underdogs #shorts

6 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this short interview, the host asks founder Andrew Gazdecki what founders should learn about timing and how to trust their gut when pursuing new opportunities. Gazdecki recounts how, despite not owning an iPhone, he recognized the massive potential of iPhone apps by observing early signals: friends using the device, the novelty of a handheld computer, and high‑value job‑board listings where developers were being paid $50,000 for app projects. He describes his thought process of deliberately positioning himself in the emerging mobile app industry and deciding to build a company around that insight. The exchange highlights the importance of paying attention to emerging technology adoption, market demand signals, and acting quickly on intuitive convictions.

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What would, what should founders learn about timing and how do they actually follow this gut that says, okay, you know, pursue this because this might be a thing?
Yeah. So this is a big one for me, but I knew iPhone apps were going to be a big thing. I just, I, the iPhone came out, I couldn't afford one, but all my friends had it. And I was like, what the hell is this thing? Like what? This is like a computer. Like you can go on the internet on this. Like, oh my gosh. And so I just wanted to put myself in that industry, like put myself in there. I knew mobile apps were going to be big. I saw it happening on this job board. I saw people paying like $50,000 for these things. And so I said, okay, how can I build a company around this? And then that's kind of how the thought process went for that.