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If you are thinking about launching an MVP. Stop. This video is for you. In our latest Lunch and Learn session I shared the secrets to getting your MVP right and avoiding the mistakes that so many founders get stung by. You can: - Launch an MVP without the need for investors to say yes to your idea. - Get your first customers before a single line of code is written. Watch this and learn how.

Really good framework for building an MVP.

Launching an MVP? STOP!!! ✋ 🛑 Check out what Lee Russel has to say on the topic #mvp #founders #founderjourney #founder

Collaboration > Competition Had a chat today with another SaaS founder. Topics that aren’t easy: -competition lying about your product or abilities -investors not agreeing with valuations -building strong foundational code and enduring “ugly products” until you can afford a designer -getting hit hard by solar market downturn -branding and storytelling -pivoting on market and products -selling the vision HARD to keep money coming in And many more topics.. This life isn’t for everyone that’s for sure. But wow I didn’t realize until today how much I needed to interact with another human who has understanding and empathy for the saas experience. Felt heard. Received great advice. Came to valuable conclusions. Walked away with an expanded vision of what’s possible and couldn’t be more grateful. Massive respect you know who you are 🫡🫡

Great cheat sheet for first-time founders building an MVP. I’ve had the opportunity to ship around 50 early-stage products (Fitbit, Clarity Money (acq. Goldman), Dropcam (NEST), KeyMe, S’More Date, etc.), including a few for my own startups (Continuum, Comigo). Here’s some advice I’d give to myself: The theme is SPEED and VALIDATION: 1. Focus on the problem: Don’t worry about a solution yet—just identify a core, painful issue that’s costing $xB per year. 2. Identify problems anthropologically: Observe workflows, bottlenecks, and hacks without interfering. Social media complaints are gold. Ford’s faster horse analogy applies here—don’t rely solely on asking or you’ll just build a faster horse. 3. Look for problem-solution fit: Start with one initial solution. At Continuum, we launched a Gen-Z Guide to Freelancing on Product Hunt and captured 11,000 emails—strong validation. Use a Figma clickable prototype to observe users in action. Ask what they currently pay for to solve the problem. 4. One full-stack dev, a co-founder: Keeps things simple and fast. 5. Simple setup: Use a common stack like Next.js, React, GitHub, CI, linting, Neon.tech, Fly.io, and leverage startup credits. Keep recurring costs as close to $0 as possible. 6. Bake in PostHog, Mixpanel, or Amplitude from day one: Exclude your team's activity. Focus on real user behavior vs what folks say they want. 7. Weekly sprints: Use linting over code reviews to maximize velocity. Demo, test, iterate. Show, don’t tell. Add things like auth, user profiles, and visual design later. 8. Payment is proof: Explain the vision and roadmap to your first 50-100 users. Ask some to pay. At Comigo, we had 250 people pay $49 pre-product.

Well put Chris! Thank you for simplifying the process of building an MVP. At Incepteo Startup Studio, we help SaaS founders build their MVPs and guide them from IDEA to MARKET. This cheat sheet will be really helpful for SaaS founders to navigate the complex process of launching their products. #SaaS #DigitalStudio #Startups #MVP #incepteo

Time to spice things up again after: 5 weeks in South America over the summer & 4 new colleagues onboarded Hot SaaS: 1 new episode 2 dudes chatting 3 key takeaways with the PLG guru, Wes Bush. We talked about the success factors in product-led-growth and common pitfalls 🤔 3 Key takeaways: - Go beyond just a buyer persona — identify the user of your product. Meet them where they are to build a successful PLG approach - Define clear success milestones in your product. Create gamification-levels for users to progress, starting with a simple entry point and moving to advanced features - Break down how to get users to their first "aha moment" fast. Set up a "bowling alley framework" with product and conversational bumpers to nudge the user to a strike Available where you listen to pods and watch videos. Search for Hot SaaS or climb the linktree in my profile #HotSaaS 🌶🚀 https://tr.ee/SkhLfmooZt

Launching The SaaS Guy was a pain in the ass. I had to: 🛠️ Create an MVP → I made free landing page reports for companies who didn’t even ask for them 🗣️ Get feedback & improve the product Validated the biz model, then went ALL IN. That's the right way to launch a business 🚀

Building an MVP shouldn't feel like decoding ancient hieroglyphs. 🗿 But for many SaaS founders, it does. You're juggling: - Feature prioritization - User feedback loops - Resource allocation - Time constraints - Market fit validation That's why I created this cheat sheet. You'll learn: ✅ 9 ssential steps ✅ Common pitfalls to avoid ✅ Examples of successful MVPs Stop overcomplicating. Start building. Launch faster. Enjoy! #BrainDumps | BrainDump #91

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