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I feel bad for the OP ... that was definitely a harsh review. That said, I notice that he called this a "Minimum Viable Product," which is a term of art from the Lean Startup methodology.

That very same methodology says you're not supposed to have some big TechCrunch launch with that MVP ... precisely because it is almost certainly not ready for primetime. The point of the MVP is to get it in front of real customers, learn, and iterate.

Taking concepts, decontextualizing them down to buzzwords, and then acting on them is a path to fail.



Totally agreed that it was one of my mistakes. It was wrong to get TC review so early. Another lesson learned. :)


Awesome writeup, by the way, thanks for posting this!




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