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Well of course that's correct, but it's wrong to take that and then make the conclusion that the GP does - that building a technology business these days doesn'
by ajdlinux 11y ago
Well of course that's correct, but it's wrong to take that and then make the conclusion that the GP does - that building a technology business these days doesn't actually involve much technology because everything's so ubiquitous. Scaling anywhere past MVP requires extensive and deep technical development. Any competent web dev might be able to reach something like YouTube's MVP, but it takes a lot more than that to build anything from then on.
- jacquesm 11y ago> Any competent web dev might be able to reach something like YouTube's MVP, but it takes a lot more than that to build anything from then on. That goes for all web start-ups. An MVP can be duct-taped together but for major scaling you'll need to have all your ducks in a row. But that's fine and totally expected. It would be entirely wrong to build your MVP using the tools you'd use to scale through 6 orders of magnitude, your competitor would be able to cycle much quicker in the first 6 months or so which is when you'll be adapting to market, business model and opportunities suggested as feedback from early adopters. If you're going to do that with a fine-tuned crazy scalable solution you'll simply be dead.