Daniel Nguyen @daniel_nguyenx

Exactly. My process:

1. Ship an extremely simple MVP

- Solve one problem, for one use-case, using one configuration
- Time box this to a weekend
- Price low to match the value of solving a simple problem

If it gets no traction, move on. Otherwise:

2. Ship a more complete version

- Take feedback from early customers
- Improve the product following those feedback
- Add more features & support more use cases
- Raise prices
- Ask for testimonials
- Time box this to 1 month

3. Promote it widely

- Turn customers feedback into your marketing messages
- Turn your conversations with customers into your launch story
- Spend most of the time promoting it: Reddit, Hacker News, PH, directories…

The key is to balance the development commitment vs traction.

The mistake most indie hackers make (me included) is to ignore the signal in step 1 (no/low traction) and keep adding features (step 2).

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