The reason the React.js team started using Canny was because before Canny I worked on the React team at Facebook.
I didn't plan it this way. My ex-colleague, @vjeux, messaged me and asked about my new startup. I told him it was a user feedback tool, for tracking feature requests. He said React Native had that problem, and they just started using it.
So I think working at FB on React is what exposed me to getting lucky here. I think a lot of luck in startups is about increasing your exposure to getting lucky.
