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What mistake did you make when developing your minimum viable product
Junior Owolabi
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5yr ago
Keep adding features, prelaunch (scope creep)
40%
Using paid acquisition (ads) to get your initial users (when you aren’t making any money yet)
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Not adding analytics to your app, so you can't track user activity and issues
20%
Didn't build a following prior to launching the product
40%
I made no mistakes
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Other (Please specify in the comments)
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Fabian Dahlke
I think it's a common mistake to not research the problem deeply enough and talk to a lot of potential customers. Falling in that trap over and over again.
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Neu
Yudu To-Do List
Should have talked with potential users before building. Didn't do enough of it.
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