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Early Stage: Do you build fast or correct?

I'm having a disagreement with my co-founder. He wants to build our software using best practices which will double the time needed to build the MVP. I don't disagree with best practices but i'd rather go back and do them once we have a prototype we can present to customers/investors. It's not that best practices take longer to implement but rather we are experimenting and learning them as we...

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How to Handle User Insurance?

I'm creating an app where users can go onto other properties. I was wondering how companies like airbnb, uber, lyft find insurance for their business/users.Key questions.1) Does the insurance work on a per visit model, per user etc...2) what types of insurance brokers am I looking for? Such as state-farm nationwide etc...3) is there a pre-defined word like car insurance or umbrella etc that I...

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