Let's talk about planning fallacies for bootstrapped founders. As a founder, especially if you're starting a business alone, planning is important. But you have to get it right. There are a few common mistakes to avoid when developing your strategy for a bootstrapped business. The M in MVP stands for Minimum One mistake is spending … Continue reading Avoiding the Entrepreneurial Planning Trap
Category: Minimum Viable Product
Early Tech Choices and Analysis Paralysis
I was working on a side project this week, and I ran into an all-too-familiar pattern: the more I thought about the technical requirements for this project, the bigger it grew in my mind. I only want to build this for myself to see if I could be Customer Zero. But it derailed quickly. What … Continue reading Early Tech Choices and Analysis Paralysis
The Do’s and Don’ts of the Minimum Viable Product
Leonardo da Vinci supposedly said, "Art is never finished, only abandoned." This is definitely true for software as well. The only antidote to abandonment is to put your work in front of other people, even when it's not perfect yet. The startup industry has coined the term of the MVP, the Minimum Viable Product, to … Continue reading The Do’s and Don’ts of the Minimum Viable Product