miller.avery•1mo agoProlific Poster

Warning: I used to think you needed a perfect plan before launching anything

A mentor at a startup meetup in Denver said 'just get your first ten customers, then figure it out' and it clicked. How do you guys decide when something is 'good enough' to put out there?

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3 Comments

linda6581mo ago

Launch with the smallest thing that solves a real problem. My first product was a simple spreadsheet tool. Ugly but it worked. Got feedback fast. Fixed the big issues people actually complained about. Perfection just means you're talking to yourself.

the_ivan1mo ago

Launching half-baked stuff can ruin your reputation from day one. Remember that game studio that pushed out a broken early access title? They never recovered from those first terrible reviews. A buggy spreadsheet tool could corrupt someone's data, and then you've lost trust forever. Sometimes taking time to polish is what separates a real product from a joke.

the_tessa17d ago

Wait, you GAME STUDIO that pushed out a broken early access title? Which one are we talking about here? Because I feel like that's a MASSIVE difference from launching a simple spreadsheet tool that's ugly but works. One is a full-on entertainment product people pay $60 for, the other is a utility that's obviously rough around the edges. Like, there's a HUGE gap between "half-baked" and "minimal viable product" and I honestly can't believe people are comparing them. The spreadsheet tool example Linda gave sounds totally fine for a first launch. I'd be way more worried about ruining my reputation by NEVER shipping anything, personally.