Lounge S3: Designers

Lounge S1: Software Founders

Since it’s the topic du jour on the purple app…

What’s the right balance between “ship and iterate” and “build something great first”?

Bootstrappers need to lean more on "build something great first".

We don't have as much time or resources to iterate and ship as fast.

You can't go do a ton of R&D. Got to start with a niche and idea that is more proven out in the market already. Study. Learn from what others have built.

Founders

each iteration needs to stand as a useful standalone product in it's own legs.

building pieces of a bigger system that nobody will use is a waste of your time
tighter feedback loops improve your build outcomes and acquiring real users which your product solves problems for

Building /stokefire a mobile strategy game onchain. Run and own poolfish.xyz a calculator for LP providers. Built Potion solo and sold for $300k.

each iteration needs to stand as a useful standalone product in it's own legs.

building pieces of a bigger system that nobody will use is a waste of your time
tighter feedback loops improve your build outcomes and acquiring real users which your product solves problems for https://warpcast.com/nonlinear.eth/0x96b2fd53

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Yeah, I think that second version is more or less a new product every time.

and in my mind is starting out with a new idea. Maybe you are serving the same kind of users and learning on each one which is great.