Founders

congratulations! what was something new you learnt running the exercise?

when your focus is on fast iteration, thoughtful and practical feedback is v valuable.

- users will tell/show you what they find valuable, confusing, missing, or un/neccesary in the product — if you ask the right questions
- people notice you care and build stronger relationships with you when you connect and 'do things that don't scale'
- the surest way to onboard your first 100-1000 users is by personally helping each of them, making them happy (by building something valuable), and encouraging them to invite others
- your community deserves the best possible experience. it's your job to make that happen. they'll be there for you if you're there for them.
- there's no such thing as 'too many interviews/reach outs' — a single piece of feedback from hundreds of interviews can change everything.

talking to users is an assymetric bet. if you do it right and genuinely care — could mean difference between seeing your startup grow or die.

Commit

thanks for asking! shared a bit more high lvl — specifically some of the 'new' ones:

- most users explicitly asked for mobile-first (native app) experience; was surprised that it was MOST of them (s/o to literally almost everyone)
- people want to keep themselves accountable and build/share more in public — gamifying + making this social (friends having fun together) is key; lots of feature requests around this. (s/o @juli and so many others!)
- on that note, highly requested: better ways to 'share proofs' of the commits they've made (we're working on this now) (s/o @markfishman & many legends)
- people care about status games and discoverability — social signals matter (s/o @jacky)
- multiple asks to make /commit more PvP, feeling like a battle (in a good way; s/o @div) — and experimenting with hyper-financialization
- even simple phrases like 'make commit seem a lot more alive' + 'if you’re building an onchain casino, you have to make it look like one' make you think harder (s/o @bfresh)