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| | | | | Stop Building Everything: The Product Strategy Guide for Saying No | Early-stage product teams face a paradox: users want everything, but building everything kills products. Here's how to navigate the three most critical strategy decisions that separate successful products from feature graveyards. | 1. The Art of Strategic Rejection: What Not to Build | When early users bombard you with requests, every "yes" feels like validation. But here's the truth: saying yes to everything is saying no to focus. | The RICE Framework in Action | Use RICE scoring (Reach × Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort) to evaluate requests systematically: | Reach: How many users does this affect in a given period? Impact: How much does this move your core metric? (Use a 0.25-3 scale) Confidence: How certain are you? (Percentage) Effort: How many person-months will this take?
| Practical Application: Create a "parking lot" document using Notion or Coda where rejected ideas live with context. When users ask "why not?" you have answers, not excuses. Document the RICE score, who requested it, and what you'd need to see to reconsider. | The Mom Test Reality Check | Before committing to any feature request, ask: "Would they pay for this tomorrow?" Rob Fitzpatrick's Mom Test teaches us that users say they want many things, but their actual behavior reveals true priorities. Track which features people repeatedly ask about across multiple conversations—that's signal, not noise. | Actionable Tactic: Implement a simple voting system using Canny or ProductBoard. Don't just count votes—weight them by customer value (revenue, engagement, strategic importance). A request from your ideal customer profile should count more than one from an edge case user. |
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| | | | | 2. MVP vs. MLP vs. Survivable Product: Choosing Your Launch Vehicle | These aren't just buzzwords—they're fundamentally different strategies with different outcomes. | Minimum Viable Product (MVP) The experiment. Built to test a hypothesis with the least effort. Think: landing page + email signup, not a functioning product. Use Webflow or Carrd to test demand before writing code. | Example: Dropbox's MVP was a video demo, not working software. It validated demand before building infrastructure. | Minimum Lovable Product (MLP) The first impression that creates emotional connection. It does one thing exceptionally well rather than ten things poorly. This is what you actually launch publicly. | The Framework: | Identify your core "magic moment"—the single experience that defines value Strip everything that doesn't directly enable that moment Polish what remains until it delights
| Survivable Product The version that keeps you alive long enough to iterate. It solves a complete job-to-be-done adequately and can sustain a small user base or revenue stream. This is about business viability, not product perfection. | Decision Tree: | Pre-launch, validating idea? → MVP Launching to early adopters? → MLP Need revenue/validation to continue? → Survivable Product
| Actionable Tactic: Map your product roadmap in Linear or Jira with explicit labels: "MVP," "MLP," "Survivable," and "Growth." This creates clarity about what each feature enables strategically, not just what it does functionally. |
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| | | | | | | Dealing with car breakdowns away from home can be a stressful and frustrating experience. Finding a reliable and trustworthy mechanic in an unfamiliar area, especially during non-business hours, can be a challenge. A startup that offers a platform connecting drivers with verified and on-demand mechanics for roadside assistance could be a compelling solution. This platform could provide services such as towing, battery jump-starts, tire changes, and minor repairs directly to the location of the stranded driver. By utilizing GPS technology and a network of pre-screened professionals, this startup can offer quick and efficient assistance, giving drivers peace of mind when unexpected car troubles occur. |
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