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FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
The first version took around a week or two it was a web app that kind of just had the core features... it broke many times during the event but we were able to validate the core idea... after we validated with the web app we threw out the first version and that's because I honestly believe that consumer app is basically a craft
Ship a throwaway web validation harness, then rebuild native from scratch
Even if you're building a mobile app, write a scrappy web version in 1-2 weeks and tie it to one real upcoming event (a friend's Halloween party for Once). Let it break in production — the point is to prove the experience works with real strangers, not to ship the actual product. After that one event validates the mechanic, delete the entire web codebase and rebuild on the right platform from a clean slate. Don't let validation code contaminate v1.
the complexity tax is real it's like the northstar of your development should be protecting like future velocity...geo-based pricing almost always works...but you have to then manage 10 price packages forever
The Complexity Tax Is Real: Every Monetization Tactic You Add, You Own Forever
Dan watched Codeacademy introduce geo-based pricing — it worked, but every subsequent price change, ad copy refresh, or support doc now had to account for ten tiers instead of one. The complexity tax compounds: it slows every future decision. His rule: exhaust all simple, low-complexity improvements first. Save the tactics that require permanent infrastructure (regional pricing, pricing tiers, paywalls per persona) for later when the revenue they unlock genuinely justifies the velocity they cost.
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