“It took me 5 months to build it and launch it… that's a mistake because your first version will be bad anyway. Today I try to launch in one month or less. I quickly build something really small with one feature. I don't build authentication, I don't build payments.”

Ship in under a month with one feature — no auth, no payments

Spending five months polishing a first launch is wasted time because v1 is going to be rough regardless. The faster playbook: ship one feature in under a month with no auth and no payments, then layer those in only after real users show up.