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Please stop the MVP, fail fast, etc. garbage. It's the stage where winners are made. 99% of projects won't sell themselves and you will only end up with the self-pleasing excuse that your idea was flawed when in reality, you've sucked at marketing.

Bonus: It's 2022 and people are no longer interested in playing with half-baked MVPs. Think twice before skimping on a decent UI, etc. There won't be a second chance to make a first impression.

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A MVP and quality product are not mutually exclusive. To me MVP means do a limited set of things and do them very well. UX is of course part of that.

Failing fast and iterating is absolutely important to make sure you're building what your users actually need. I've found that what users want/need and what they think they want can be very different.

I find the concept that my ideas are not flawed (and how dare anyone suggest they are) and success is a matter of connections and existing wealth more self pleasing.

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