To re-enforce what others have said, I can attest to what they are saying firsthand. Not getting our application in the hands of the intended users until it was too late killed my first startup. We spent a lot of time "making things perfect" and by the time we finally got in front of customers we realized very quickly we were missing the mark. At this point, not only did we not have enough runway to pivot, but this was also devastating to our morale. I read an interesting quote from Reid Hoffman just this morning where he discussed an internal disagreement over a feature before launching LinkedIn. They decided to ship without, and still have never added this feature. Your customers will tell you what you need, but they need something to see first.
To re-enforce what others have said, I can attest to what they are saying firsthand. Not getting our application in the hands of the intended users until it was too late killed my first startup. We spent a lot of time "making things perfect" and by the time we finally got in front of customers we realized very quickly we were missing the mark. At this point, not only did we not have enough runway to pivot, but this was also devastating to our morale. I read an interesting quote from Reid Hoffman just this morning where he discussed an internal disagreement over a feature before launching LinkedIn. They decided to ship without, and still have never added this feature. Your customers will tell you what you need, but they need something to see first.