Nico Perez provides 10 tips for better startup product development:
1. Start by identifying a problem and understanding customers.
2. Research the market through surveys, reports, and competitor analysis to guide business and product strategy.
3. Launch an initial version of the product as soon as possible to gather feedback and test assumptions.
4. Keep the initial product simple and focused on solving one problem well. Build upon and iterate the product based on feedback.
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3. 1. Start with a problem
What is the problem?
Understand your customers. Are you one of them?
make i made
something something
people people
want want
4. 2. Research the market
Surveys, B2B reports, competitor analysis
Business strategy -> guides -> product strategy
Route to market?
5. 3. Launch early
Get version 1 out ASAP
Feedback is invaluable. Law of diminishing returns
Stealth or Open?
6. 4. KISS
Keep it simple stupid. Solve one problem
Building a product is like designing a house from
scratch.
7. 5. Build and iterate
Roll out fast
Test instead of speculate + Remove features
Keep the main thing the main thing
8. 6. Be Agile
Release Cycle?
Rapid prototyping. Continuous deployments
Small teams eg Apple Mac
9. 7. Continuous improvement
Early stage 1-on-1 user testing. Apple store
Measure, track and test
Circular product life cycles
10. 8. Prioritise
Time + engineering resource constraints
Define and communicate prioritisation criteria
Growth? Revenue? Stickyness?
11. 9. Analyse
Later stage analytics
Google analytics
A/B testing. Multivariate testing. Conversion funnels.
12. 10. Fail fast
If things go wrong, Fail fast
Smart teams adapt and change
Build a good team
13. Summary
1. Start with a problem
2. Research the market
3. Launch early
4. KISS
5. Build and iterate
6. Be Agile
7. Continuous improvement
8. Prioritise
9. Analyse
10. Fail fast
14. The end.
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15. Please get in touch
We兵re keen to hear your thoughts
Email: nico@mixcloud.com
Twitter: @nicoperez / @mixcloud