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by dumbfoundded 2184 days ago
How I built my time machine MVP in 3 weeks.

First I developed a box. I used existing box designs as inspiration. No frills on the first go, just a normal cubic shape. I started with cardboard but plan to iterate further on the material selection. Currently the time machine only goes forward at 1x speed but that's the challenge of being first to market. I tested with users and they said the box is uncomfortable so I made a bigger box and put a cushion in there. Now, users report a more comfortable experience. You have to understand as a founder, any new technology is going to have some rough edges.

After this 3 week period, I learned a lot about time machine prototyping and the desired user experience. My next steps are to take this to VCs, funded by pensions of dock workers, and raise a $100M round to further development. I'm confident with this funding, we'll be able to disrupt the time machine market entirely.

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How I built my time machine MVP in 10 seconds flat.

First I spent my whole life building the time machine.

After this life long period, when I finally finished it at a really really old age, I went back in time, to 10 seconds after I had decided to build a time machine, and I handed the time machine to my past self and then I died, but the past me lived on, with a time machine that from his point of view was built by him in 10 seconds flat. It was a great success and all rejoiced, including past me, future me and present me.

Actually this gives me an idea.

How about a series of weekly podcasts,videos or blog which does exactly that: take a 'real' situation (in this case meetbutter) and then simply go full throttle and pushing the reasoning to it's outer limits, until LOL occurs.

I would subscribe to that. Let me know if that becomes a thing.

I also love Monty Python, so this is just the type of humor I truly enjoy!