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A landing page doesn't work for everything right? A web-based product, sure, but what if it's something tangible? You need to build a prototype.

• jeffreyrogers 4y ago
  Yeah that's one of my pet peeves with lean-startup type stuff. It's great for consumer products that aren't too different from what people are used to but not that useful for work that requires a lot of R&D (since there what you end up with often depends on constraints you learn about during the R&D process). Look at a technology that has had a massive impact on the world: fracking. People pursued that for many years with limited results before they were able to do it successfully/economically.
  • MrVandemar 4y ago
    > Look at a technology that has had a massive impact on the world: fracking. People pursued that for many years with limited results before they were able to do it successfully/economically. And now we'd like them to stop, please. Fracking is a terrible idea.
• mikesabat 4y ago
  Figuring out how to test and validate quickly and inexpensively is still valuable. Yes, trickier if it's not SaaS or software, but still possible. If you take the YC credo, "Build something people want", there are two assumptions that need to be tested. 1) Do people want it and 2) Can you build it? I think that most times it's best to test #1 first.
• indymike 4y ago
  > You need to build a prototype. A landing page will prove people will buy the product. A prototype proves the product can be built.