User Power
Value/Post Ratio
262%
- Mar 5, 2019
- 13
- 34
I finally finished an MVP without letting feature creep get to me. In a way, I always took the path of feature creep because it allowed me to avoid the thing I’m terrible at: marketing & growth. Engineering offers a concrete problem with concrete answers that can be grinded. Growth and marketing less so.
More importantly, focus on features has the added benefit that I can’t fail. I just added new feature X, regardless of how long it takes me to complete is a success every time. Failure to grow is failure. Period.
In a way I’m facing my biggest fear: failure.
My goals going forward are
In regards to monetization... my primary goal right now is to get users onboarded and using the product so I can debug issues.
Once I get my analysis engine up and running, I can run a freemium model of x problems a month free and a membership for unlimited anlaysis. I'm also looking into B2B by going after schools/districts to create agreements that would integrate the platform into their existing LMS (learning management solution).. so assignments generated via gradem can be imported directly into blackboard, etc.
I'm hoping for a few growth pathways
I'll be splitting my time 50/50 between dev & marketing going forward. I'm also trying to figure out the best approach to bring people onboard this project (should I raise? how to split equity with people coming on? this is way past idea at this stage)
I'll be posting updates here.
More importantly, focus on features has the added benefit that I can’t fail. I just added new feature X, regardless of how long it takes me to complete is a success every time. Failure to grow is failure. Period.
In a way I’m facing my biggest fear: failure.
My goals going forward are
- Growth
- Feedback on product
- Adding more functional math
In regards to monetization... my primary goal right now is to get users onboarded and using the product so I can debug issues.
Once I get my analysis engine up and running, I can run a freemium model of x problems a month free and a membership for unlimited anlaysis. I'm also looking into B2B by going after schools/districts to create agreements that would integrate the platform into their existing LMS (learning management solution).. so assignments generated via gradem can be imported directly into blackboard, etc.
I'm hoping for a few growth pathways
- Virality via sharing problems/solutions with friends/tutors/teachers
- Scraping math help forums etc manually (then automatically) to post links like this. I still need to do some kind of CTA to signup after that demo process.
- Building out the analysis engine to support more math
- More UI features for "teachers" (assign problems, create groups/classes, etc)
I'll be splitting my time 50/50 between dev & marketing going forward. I'm also trying to figure out the best approach to bring people onboard this project (should I raise? how to split equity with people coming on? this is way past idea at this stage)
I'll be posting updates here.
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