> Set a deadline of 2-4 weeks to ship the first version of the product.
I blame this kind of mentality for much of the derivative rubbish the startup ecosystem is polluted with. We don't need any more photo/video sharing, link voting, or file sending apps.
I'm all for validating assumptions early, but some ideas (the ones that matter) are much, much bigger than 4 weeks to an MVP.
I believe that being a first time entrepreneur should not think of creating something that it's too big. Because it makes you miss the warnings that you should get.
I believe that if you want to create an Amazon (6+ years of under break-even) should be done when you have more experience as entrepreneur.
I think that a first time entrepreneur should resolve a real concrete problem, also not that big, but this way he will understand much more and he will have some chance of succeeding.
This is the opinion maturated for my personal experience.
I blame this kind of mentality for much of the derivative rubbish the startup ecosystem is polluted with. We don't need any more photo/video sharing, link voting, or file sending apps.
I'm all for validating assumptions early, but some ideas (the ones that matter) are much, much bigger than 4 weeks to an MVP.
Incidentally,
http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html