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5 Things to Do Before You Build Your Software Product: Part One

5 Things to Do Before You Build Your Software Product: Part One

Software is expensive to build. Period.

No matter your technical proficiency or your skilled use of existing technology, the process is expensive, abstract, and fraught in the best of times. Indeed many MVP’s (minimum viable product) can cost anywhere from $75k to upwards of $200k.

Removing the Blindfold

Removing the Blindfold

In our previous post, we talked a lot about the example of someone in a car, in a new city, blindfolded.

Starting a new business, for many people, isn’t unlike our poor driver. Sure, you’ve got an idea for a product or service, but, unless you’ve done this before, you’re blind and operating in an unfamiliar environment. 

The problem we need to solve right away, then, is how to remove our blindfold. Forget familiarizing yourself with the “city.” Right now we just need to see clearly.