Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype. Any advice?

Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by cheez on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:41PM (#11228179)

Don't build a prototype, build something shitty you're going to sell.

I did that once, a long time ago, and it took me on an amazing adventure.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by nicwest on Saturday March 05, 2016 @06:11AM (#11229157)

What did you build out of curiosity?

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Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by hanniabu on Saturday March 05, 2016 @09:22AM (#11229564)

I agree with the above as well. Take an hour or so really thinking out what you're building, define what your MVP is, build your MVP as your 'prototype' find beta users and get feedback, redefine what you're building if needed (users might want something different then you were planning on making), improve that initial MVP to users standards, ask them what other features they'd like, build those, start charging, continue going through feedback loop again and again.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by cheez on Saturday March 05, 2016 @04:52PM (#11231250)

Something I thought people needed.

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