What is the first thing you do when you finish your MVP?

Yavuz Tunc Emran
18 replies
- Do you go launch or do you test it a little? - Do you tell your waiting list or friends right away? Do you even have a waiting list at this point? So many questions..

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Uma Venugopal
Test with a few users + feedback.
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@uma_venugopal where do you find these users, personal network?
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@psd More often our inner circle is biased and they are not really the ICP. Therefore, as a B2B startup, I use LinkedIn for these sort of issues. I recommend it.
Uma Venugopal
@tunc_emran I actually would recommend *against* what @psd suggested. No disrespect, but unless friends/family are your target users they can be super useless in feedback loops. I'd look for where my users hang out the most. If I'm building for professionals, Linkedin is great. If I'm building for makers, PH. For content creators(aka videos) then wherever youtube/tiktok folks hang out.
Shekhar Iyer
@tunc_emran @psd @uma_venugopal i have the same experience, because they don't want to disappoint me they will say it is "Nice" for sake of it.
Inid Leksina
Test, get feedback, retest, get feedback. Keep going then launch when we feel it's ready. The feedback loop that Eric Ries mentions in Lean Startup is great!
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@inid_leksina i believe in iterations as well. How do you get the customers to come to you?
Inid Leksina
@tunc_emran Most of our early B2B adopters would be from close connections and referrals. Show them real value, use them as customer success stories and market that until there's no tomorrow.
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@inid_leksina very nice. Do you ask them for referrals? Asking whether or not if they can recommend you someone who might be interested in your services?? Also you can use Tamly to find your buyers on LinkedIn..
Consider conducting user testing to gather feedback and make necessary improvements before launching to a larger audience. One of the most important thing is CJ (if it's clear you can launch). Btw, the testing it's important!
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@realvladgolub there is nothing I can disagree with. What are you building atm?
Kwaku Amprako
I agree with @uma_venugopal Test with users and get feedback
Yavuz Tunc Emran
@uma_venugopal @kwaku_amprako At this point, these users are in your inner circle such as family and friends?