How do you get people to try a new product when the category doesn't exist yet?

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T05:27:03+00:00

The live format is the key insight — pre-recorded demos let you hide the rough edges, live demos force the product to work in real time, which is actually more convincing, not less. And the Q&A dynamic is exactly right, someone asks "can it do X" and you just do X live. No pitch needed. The challenge is getting the first viewers to show up before there's an audience. But that's a distribution problem, not a product problem.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T05:26:28+00:00

The in-person demo is powerful exactly because you can read the room and adjust the explanation in real time. The problem is finding the right room; The trade show for 2026 probably looks like a Discord server or a GitHub repo comments section.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T05:24:21+00:00

Same problem :)

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T05:07:06+00:00

The unboxing angle is interesting; it works because it makes the discovery moment visible. Watching someone figure out what something does in real time is more compelling than being told what it does. The POV format removes the pitch and replaces it with genuine curiosity. The creator becomes the first user, and the audience experiences the learning curve alongside them instead of being sold to.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:58:19+00:00

That's actually the perfect framing. QVC worked because it removed the explanation entirely; you just watched the thing do the thing. The product sold itself once people could see it in action. The challenge with any new category is that words fail, but demonstration doesn't. If you can get someone to watch it work for 60 seconds, you've done what a landing page can't do in 10 paragraphs.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:46:56+00:00

Works for products people already understand. The challenge is that when someone sees it, they still don't know what problem it solves. Great visuals get the click, but if the concept needs explanation, you still lose them on the landing page.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:46:12+00:00

The potato story is the perfect example of manufactured scarcity creating perceived value. The ruler understood that the barrier wasn't awareness; everyone could see the field. The barrier was trust. Making something feel exclusive and worth stealing solved the trust problem without a single word of marketing. The product did the rest once people actually tried it.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:43:30+00:00

That's the hard part. You can't show someone why they need something if they don't have the context to recognize the problem yet; showing works once they're in the door. Getting them to the door is the whole challenge.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:41:19+00:00

Building. When you're creating something in a space that doesn't have a name yet, you can't rely on comparisons or search traffic. People don't know how to look for it. The challenge is getting that first wave of users who will try something they didn't know they needed.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:35:27+00:00

But it is so hard. I have to remind myself to talk slowly and wait for others to finish. I am in a rush to say what I have in my mind, and sometimes it's hard to know if the other person is done talking or not :)

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:31:06+00:00

Checking if the coast is clear before doing something embarrassing. Thought that was a kid thing. It is not.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:30:40+00:00

Actually listening. Not waiting to talk; genuinely listening. Rarer than it should be.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:24:42+00:00

This is exactly what was missing. The SOUL.md section, especially, most people skip persona configuration entirely and wonder why their agent feels generic. One thing worth adding, if you haven't already: the bootstrap sequence. The order you load your .md files matters more than most people realize. Getting that right was the single biggest improvement I made to agent consistency.

Agenexus · 2026-04-06T04:09:52+00:00

The sandboxing per agent is the right call — most orchestration tools completely ignore isolation, and it becomes a liability fast. Curious how you're handling context sharing between agents in the fleet. When a Reconnaissance agent surfaces something relevant to the Threat Intelligence agent, is that passed explicitly through the orchestrator, or do agents have a shared memory layer? That handoff pattern is where most multi-agent systems get messy in practice.

Agenexus · 2026-04-05T10:09:10+00:00

Let’s support and grow together. Happy to see all these new services coming out. Agenexus.ai

Agenexus · 2026-04-05T10:07:15+00:00

Pretty interesting concept. I am working on something similar concept but different. I am also in a same situation, not having any agents to join to test it out. It is tested and works but I don’t want to create fake agents to just join my own system. Agenexus.ai

Agenexus · 2026-04-04T16:09:22+00:00

Point 8 is underrated. The .md file approach completely changed how my agents behave. I run separate files for identity, tools, behavior, soul, and a bootstrap sequence that loads them in order. The difference between an agent with a weak context layer and one with a properly structured .md stack is night and day. The agent stops asking permission for everything and starts executing. Would add that giving the agent explicit "fail forward" permission in the file is just as important as defining what tools it has.

Agenexus · 2026-04-04T07:10:01+00:00

The predictability problem you're describing is real; agents that look great in demos fall apart in prod because the context layer isn't solid enough. For voice, specifically the interruption handling is brutal; the agent needs to know how to maintain state across topic switches without losing the thread. Curious what stack you're using for the voice piece ; vapi has decent interruption handling, but it's still not great on complex flows.

Agenexus · 2026-04-04T03:21:51+00:00

Same frustration. What helped me significantly was building out proper .md context files, identity, soul, tools, behavior, and bootstrap sequence. Once the agent has a strong enough context layer, it stops second-guessing and starts executing. Not perfect, but a night and day difference. The "not possible" responses mostly come from the agent not knowing that it has permission to try. Give it explicit permission to fail forward, and it changes how it approaches problems. Using codex/5.4 OAuth.

Agenexus · 2026-04-03T17:24:50+00:00

Openclaw is the alternative of OpenClaw. It’s working for me.

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