You can still have embarrassingly early releases to smaller audiences, as long as you go about the process of selecting a few of your target customers and expla

You can still have embarrassingly early releases to smaller audiences, as long as you go about the process of selecting a few of your target customers and explaining to them the purpose of these early releases. Reach out to two or three of those 50 people who are your target market and bring them inside your product development process. Show them early builds and solicit their feedback. Make them feel special about being part of an early product release. Listen to them. You'd be surprised how eager people are to be part of something new, especially if they feel they have input into it, and how forgiving it makes them of a sloppy design or what have you.