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by razodactyl 1254 days ago
tl;dr: The author is sharing lessons learned from their experience building and launching a product. They advise against building an all-in-one tool and recommend testing and selling to at least 1,000 paying users before building more. They also suggest following a systematic launch cycle and validating ideas with paying customers before building. They also advise building an audience before building a product, splitting large visions into smaller projects, and focusing on the most requested feature by buyers in the early stages. They mention mistakes they made, including blindly trusting their team, which led to delays and stability issues, and ultimately, a loss of over $200,000 and depression. They also suggest the importance of QA during the early stage.

Good bot yes yes, I'm working on a news summary thingo for myself and this was in my open tabs.