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Re:The four things I wish I knew before founding my mental h... by pxue on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:35PM (#34304047)
Do things that don't scale is really an absolute truth.

If you can use Excel spreadsheet or Google form to build your product. Do it for your first 100 users.

Obviously if you're in deep tech then this doesn't apply. But with deep tech and moonshots the value isn't the product, it's your arbitrage opportunity and expert patentable knowledge.

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Re:The four things I wish I knew before founding my mental h... by ivankuznetsov11 on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:34AM (#34309224)
"If you can use Excel spreadsheet or Google form to build your product. Do it for your first 100 users." I did, what's next?

You need to have a MVP in the target market. You need to demonstrate that it can scale. Therefore, if your business model works for 100 customers on the web, it does not necessarily mean that it will be successful on a larger scale on mobile.

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