[aristofun]

1. There is no link between quality and popularity of the product. As long as the product is just good enough - it is only a function of marketing.

2. There is no universal lessons to learn, or wisdom to apply in every situation. Including the point above. Every complex enough situation is unique. “bad generals prepare for the past war” as someone said.

[raydenvm]

1. What about the concept of minimum loveable products (MLP) versus minimum viable products (MVP)? They say go for MLP and that with MVP, your chances are much lower due to the excessive product and information noise.

[ben_w]

I say that everyone doing a startup needs to know what the actual minimum in the "minimum viable product" really is for them.

The idea of the MVP is there to say "publish this as soon as you can, don't wait because the market will have moved on and you'll run out of money if you wait for perfection".

MLP is a reaction against this, but I don't know if it's a reaction by perfectionists (who are wrong because then you go bankrupt), or a reaction by people who've tried one too many buggy and unready alpha products that was shipped to test the market before it was ready (who are correct, I'll let you think of your own example here).

[aristofun]

It’s just bunch of word fluff for people to show/think they are smart. In reality money or/and luck usually wins.