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Agree very much with this sentiment. Lean Startup advise is quite outdated these days. Shipping a lean product... was a total disaster for us. Nobody wanted to
by the_common_man 5y ago
Agree very much with this sentiment. Lean Startup advise is quite outdated these days. Shipping a lean product... was a total disaster for us. Nobody wanted to adopt us since we were hardly competitive. We solved one problem but customers wanted the product to also do 100 things. We did 50 things and only then could we get customers to stick and even give constructive feedback.
- xwdv 5y agoYou’re right. Inevitably startups these days must be willing to waste some resource, maybe time or money, in order to truly iterate toward solutions that customers want. Anything else is too slow.
- elforce002 5y agoPreach. I agree with both comments. The reality is that we need at least something to differentiate ourselves from the competition and that cost money/resources/time. The era of "ugly but functional to a certain extent" is dead. Customers want good solutions right out the bat.
- kevingadd 5y agoIt's also worth keeping in mind that the 'lean startup' methodology was mostly proven out by Eric in the games space, which is VERY different from trying to sell a product to businesses or doctors or whatnot. The way customers make purchasing decisions is different.