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How did you decide what the core of Parse is? If you happened to start with it, then how does one go about finding the core of their product?
by revorad 15y ago
How did you decide what the core of Parse is? If you happened to start with it, then how does one go about finding the core of their product?
- jamesjyu 15y agoParse was started to solve a problem that all of us had seen and experienced. But, that's a long story, and I'll save that for another post :) The core is the MVP. I'm personally a big fan of Steve Blank's Four Steps to Epiphany http://steveblank.com/books-for-startups/ http://steveblank.com/books-for-startups/ In short: you need to build, test, iterate with real customers, and truly understand that the problem that you're solving is big enough for a business. Then, double down.
- revorad 15y agoI was hoping you'd give me a lower level answer. I'm familiar with Steve Blank, Eric Ries, Lean startups, MVP, build, test, iterate, etc etc. But I'm sick of reading theories and the same one or two case studies being repeated as proof. It doesn't sound like you started Parse with exactly the same core of the product that you are focusing on now. Reading about your journey towards it would be more useful than high level generalisations because they sound like magic mantras. Sorry about the harsh tone, maybe I'm just bored of startup advice.