Purely out of interest, (and feel free to not share), what's your strategy on MVP and launching? I ask because it's been a common pattern at places I've worked to sink time into prototypes without proof of market, so I'm personally pretty sold on a fail-early approach.
edit: the 'focus on efficiency' sounds like it could be premature optimisation. No point building something that can scale to a bajillion users if you only get 100 on launch day. Just saying :)
First, appreciated the feedback, even if you're overseas! If you know any eng folks in the SF area, please feel free to put them in touch.
As far as MVP/launching --> we are very much focused on getting a prototype into users' hands (whether in Beta or publicly) as soon as possible. We've done a hefty dose of market research and have put a lot of time into sizing & outlining our go-to-market strategy (these things are in line with our strengths and skill sets.)
The fail-early approach is the best one in my eyes as well, and when I reference optimization it's really about stripping functionality to make sure we are offering a clean UI/UX & suite of features, and are not over-zealous. A lot of apps just try to do too much, and that's a trap we won't fall into.
Scale will come after our prototyping and launch, that's for sure...so you're point is well taken.
Stay tuned!
-Color is focused on proximity sharing & social voyeurism, we are focused on the content generated from events people care about. We're happy to share quite a bit more detail in a 1:1 conversation...
--Based in SF, but okay with remote work from the NY area
--2 of us right now -- one is a consultant at a top-tier firm, the other specializes in marketing/design and is currently working at a major tech co.
Also, main advisor was the founder of a former Google-acquired company ($70M acquisition)
--Not funded yet, working to build a prototype first and focus on efficiency (another major difference from Color)
IF you become interested, feel free to reach out to chat more. :)