In this episode, Amaury and Mitchie describe the first two levels of prototyping and explain how startup founders can build an MVP relying on neither tech nor funds but actual resourcefulness to move ahead in their venture.
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Show notes
- What the next step after defining your roadmap and presenting it is
- Should CEOs learn code or make the product themselves
- Is having a minimal viable product (MVP) the same as prototyping
- What the four levels of building an MVP are
- How to start with no tech
- What are the tools you can use to create a simple landing page
- What the goal of your first landing page is
- What you can do when you already have too many clients but aren't earning that much
- What are some online services that will help you automate actions that you're doing every day
- How to create a better customer experience
- What are the pros and cons of using WordPress to build an e-commerce site
- What "prototyping" is for some designers and a simple alternative to the tools they use
- When is the only time you should not consider using a content management system (CMS)
- When to focus on improving the customer experience vs improving your product's backend
- What the main components of a software are
- What middleware is and how to easily automate it
- What a headless CMS is
- How to know who to get to help you set things up
- What tools are going to help you at Level 0 and Level 1 of your MVP
- What the next levels are
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