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3. Building MVP

You don’t write the final draft of an essay in the first sitting. You start off with a super shitty first draft and you constantly revise upon it with multiple drafts.

First, watch this 👇🏼

YC Startup School video on building MVPs

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Key Takeaways:

Build and launch quickly. Better to test bad products quick and iterate rapidly and test again

Get initial customers(should have a base of initial testers ready from customer validation)

Talk to users and get feedback

Iterate!

Then, plan your spec (the list of stuff you need to build before launch) here:
`Building Priorities`⁠
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Now’s time for the fun part of actually building the product itself. Whether you are technical or not, there are more tools than ever before to help you rapidly build and iterate upon an MVP on top of coding it yourself.

Here are some great tools to look into to start building.

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👨🏻‍💻 Coding it Yourself

Use your technical chops to hack something together!

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📲 No-code/Low-code

Engineering

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Coda: Your all-in-one collaborative workspace. Coda is an all-in-one platform that blends the flexibility of docs, structure of spreadsheets, power of applications, and intelligence of AI. coda.io⁠

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Retool | The fastest way to build internal software. Retool is the fastest way to build internal software. Use Retool's building blocks to build apps and workflow automations that connect to your databases and APIs, instantly. retool.com⁠

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The platform to build next‒gen apps | Airtable Airtable is a low‒code platform to build next‒gen apps. Move beyond rigid tools, operationalize your critical data, and reimagine workflows with AI. airtable.com⁠

Design

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canva.com⁠

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🤝 Hiring Someone Else

Contractors

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Finding Technical Co-founder

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twitter.com⁠

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linkedin.com⁠

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ladder.to⁠

(students-oriented)

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There are practically endless ways of developing your MVP, but the most important thing is to stay lean and not to take up too many costs to build it. Understand the trade-offs of each method, especially if you decide to find a technical co-founder. Make sure they are highly trusted and amazing to work with. Having co-founders is synonymous to having a significant other — it can get very messy if things don’t work out.

After you finish building your MVP, get ready to test it to your initial user base of testers in
`4. Product Testing + Iterating`⁠
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Then, plan your spec (the list of stuff you need to build before launch) here: Building Priorities

👨🏻‍💻 Coding it Yourself

📲 No-code/Low-code

🤝 Hiring Someone Else

After you finish building your MVP, get ready to test it to your initial user base of testers in 4. Product Testing + Iterating

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3. Building MVP

Then, plan your spec (the list of stuff you need to build before launch) here: Building Priorities⁠⁠

👨🏻‍💻 Coding it Yourself

📲 No-code/Low-code

🤝 Hiring Someone Else

After you finish building your MVP, get ready to test it to your initial user base of testers in 4. Product Testing + Iterating⁠⁠

Then, plan your spec (the list of stuff you need to build before launch) here:
`Building Priorities`⁠
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After you finish building your MVP, get ready to test it to your initial user base of testers in
`4. Product Testing + Iterating`⁠
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