Paul Graham: The big danger is that you'll dismiss your startup yourself. I've seen it happen.

It's harmless if reporters and know-it-alls dismiss your startup. They always get things wrong. It's even ok if investors dismiss your startup; they'll change their minds when they see growth. The big danger is that you'll dismiss your startup yourself. I've seen it happen.

I have never once seen a startup lured down a blind alley by trying too hard to make their initial users happy.

Once you realize that existing conventions are not the upper bound on user experience, it's interesting in a very pleasant way to think about how far you could go to delight your users.

Source: Paul Graham, Do Things That Don't Scale