Your MVP is garbage.
Not because your idea is bad…
Because you added too much.
Dashboards.
Analytics.
Integrations.
None of these matter.
If it doesn’t solve ONE problem…
It’s not an MVP.
Things you need to know before building a startup:
1) Getting your first paying customer is the hardest thing you'll do. Everything after is easier.
2) If you don't use your own product, you can't build a good one.
3) You won't know when you have PMF - but when people buy and word of the mouth spreads, that's the sign.
4) Never fall in love with your idea. Kill what isn't working, fast.
5) Marketing is just fast experimentation. Find what works for similar products, then steal the pattern.
6) Always ask users where they heard about you during onboarding. Cheapest marketing insight you'll ever get.
7) Distribution beats product. A mediocre product with great distribution wins over a great product nobody finds.
8) Good testimonials are criminally underrated. Chase them. It's what turns visitors → customers.
9) People really love great design. It's never just "nice to have."
10) Always monitor logs after pushing updates. Always.
11) Bugs are fine(and normal). Slow fixes are not.
12) Always refund anyone who asks. No exceptions. Your reputation is worth more than the money.
13) A surprising number of users will want to jump on a call with you. Take every one.
14) Copycats are inevitable once you're winning. They're proof you built something real.
15) Most people sliding into your DMs with "opportunities" to scale are wasting your time.
16) When things are going well, doubt will still creep in. Shut it down and keep moving.
17) Most people prefer Google or Github sign-in to email sign in. Add it to your sign-in page.
18) Charge more than you're comfortable with. Most first-time builders underprice by default.
19) Your first 100 users should come from things that don't scale - DMs, forums, cold outreach. This is the most important part of your startup journey because you get feedback and testimonials from this
20) A co-founder who matches your hunger is the biggest unfair advantage there is.
Happy building🫡
@BrianMRey That’s a solid growth mix.
Are you already optimizing the onboarding flow based on where users come from, or just focused on getting more traffic for now
Most startup ideas don’t need a full product first.
They need a simple MVP to test if people want it.
I help founders build fast, launch-ready MVP web apps.
If you have an idea you want to test, DM me “MVP”.
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