Unnamed company
Build each first version in days with no-code tools or boilerplates
Founder expects ~90% to fail, so speed means more shots
Workedvalidationportfolio
What they did
Take shortcuts to get an MVP out in days or weeks: no-code (he built some MVPs with Bubble), boilerplates, and skipping things expert developers wouldn't compromise on. Reasoning: ~90% of products fail, so a year per attempt could mean nine years to a winner; shipping a new product every week compresses that.
What happened
Part of the process behind four apps passing $100K/month; no per-MVP numbers
- Stage
- Pre-launch (Idea / MVP)
“The first step that I need you to do is find a way to build your MVP in days or weeks. What I mean by that is take shortcuts. And you can find like multiple shortcuts today. It can be using no-code. I built some MVPs using Bubble.io.”
“And so, if you want to take a year and fail uh 90% of the time, it might take like 9 years to get something that's worked out.”
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