Product and Tech

The future of building startups:

MVP speed (1x per month)
AI-accelerated
Superniche is the new niche
Community 1st, software 2nd
No-code 1st, some code 2nd
10x more automated
Global teams, localized products
95% dominated by solopreneurs and microentrepreneurs (teams less than 12)
Pop-up digital experiences (apps that only work on certain times)
Needs the marketing holy-trinity to hit escape velocity: 1. product/market fit, 2. content/market fit and 3. community/market fit
Team is half robots, half humans(cc@youneedarobot)
Accelerated by "boring marketing" (cc@boringmarketer)
Multiple revenue streams
Design matters. The bar is high
Partnered w/ creators (creators are the distribution)
Feels like a game (levels, status, badges, in-app currency, challenges, collectibles/items)
Purpose-driven moonshots: societal impact matters
Productized agencies to generate cashflow (ex design agency @DispatchDesign)
Product studios become the norm
99% of MVPs won't need VC