4. Set a deadline for the MVP. List the features to include and which features not to include.
“I set a deadline of 2 weeks...This forces you to strip out anything that wasn’t essential. I then wrote down all the features to include and more importantly which features are not.”
”Early-stage startups are not measured by how much product you’ve built, but how much you’ve learned about the problem you’re trying to solve.” @mizzao
Every great solopreneur starts with one truth - a red pill.
Examples:
Tim Ferriss - You don’t need to work 9 to 5 in a cubicle for 40 years.
Pieter Levels - You don’t have to stay in an office, in the same city. You can work wherever, on a beach, etc.
Their 3-step playbook…
1. You create content around that red pill.
2. Continue to share until you become an authority on that red pill.
3. Create as many businesses as possible around the red pill. When your audience adopts the same red pill lifestyle, they will be drawn into your businesses.
Stats: “Only ~5% of products…generate a monthly revenue exceeding ~$8,333 (around ~$100k/year)”
Nomad: “I’m going to put my fantasies of my million dollars a year passive income on hold for now…”
“I will finish my MVP this weekend” is one of the biggest lies founders tell themselves.
@Christianabreu0 asked founders on Indie Hackers when an MVP is good enough to launch.
This is what they say:
“Give yourself a deadline...Ship with whatever you're left with. It's probably going to be underwhelming to you, but if your idea has promise, your customers won't care!”