Stagetimer · B2B · remote timer for stage speakers
Ship a one-button MVP in 3 days using tools you already know
Shipped in 3 days; first dollar took 224 days at 1 hour a night
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What they did
MVP had one feature: click a button and a timer starts counting on another screen. Used only familiar tech (JavaScript, Vue.js, Node.js) and skipped new tools to avoid learning curves and surprise limitations. Then built on it slowly for about 1 hour each evening alongside his job.
What happened
MVP shipped in 3 days instead of months; first revenue came 224 days later; grew from there.
- Stage
- launch
- Effort
- 3 days, then ~1 hour per evening
“So, my first MVP, it had like basically just one feature, which was click on the button here, and a timer starts counting over there.”
“I could I could ship my MVP in three days and then build upon it slowly and and comfortably in the 1 hour that I had in the evening instead of building on it for three months just to have something that is usable.”
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