Build the product

Ship an MVP, work with builders, and iterate toward something people use.

What founders use for build the product, ranked by how many answers lean on it.

  1. YC is openly skeptical of a remote co-founder (they discount the plan if a linchpin is distant), which makes this the most... Y Combinator Video · 35 min Best Practices for Managing a Remote Team Y Combinator
  2. Video · ~50 min How to Evaluate Startup Ideas Kevin Hale, Y Combinator
  3. Video · ~35 min Growth for Startups Gustaf Alstromer
  4. Video · ~50 min Peter Thiel: Competition Is for Losers Peter Thiel
  5. Video · ~90 min Product Thinking Workshop ft. Kunal Shah and Shreyas Doshi Kunal Shah and Shreyas Doshi
  6. Savoia, a former Google innovation lead, makes the case that most ideas fail because they are the wrong 'it', not because they... Stanford eCorner ETL (Alberto Savoia) Video · 50 min Build the Right It (Pretotyping) Alberto Savoia
  7. Video · ~50 min Kunal Shah and Shailendra Singh on Business Models and Moats Kunal Shah
  8. Video · ~3.5 hr Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life (Lex Fridman #440) Pieter Levels, Lex Fridman
  9. When building is easier than ever and code is the least defensible thing you own, this breaks down what actually protects a... Y Combinator (Lightcone) Video · ~40 min The 7 Most Powerful Moats for AI Startups Y Combinator
  10. Video · ~30 min How to Go From MVP to Scaling Startup with Bubble (Bubblecon 2024) Bubble
  11. Video · 20 min How To Get The Most Out Of Vibe Coding Tom Blomfield
  12. Video · 30 min Complete Vibe Coding Tutorial: Build a Full Stack App in 30 Minutes Matt Palmer
  13. Video · 40 min Building a Docusign clone with Lovable (live vibe coding) YouTube
  14. Video · 15 min video Build a Simple App from a Google Sheet with Glide Glide
  15. Video · 10 min video Build an App from a Google Sheet with Glide! Glide
  16. Video · ~45 min Fast Database: cheat code for your Bubble app performance (interview with Petter Amlie) Zeroqode and Petter Amlie
  17. Video · ~15 min Pagination for Repeating Groups (Bubble tutorial) YouTube
  18. Video · ~20 min Recursive workflows in Bubble (how to loop through a list) YouTube
  19. A short, plain explanation of when to reach for a backend workflow instead of doing work on the page. If the term still feels... Planet No Code Video · ~10 min Why use backend workflows for your Bubble app Planet No Code
  20. Video What is a Webhook? Webhooks for Beginners YouTube
  21. Video · ~5 min API Explained in 5 Minutes (for beginners) YouTube
  22. Video Self-host n8n with Docker (no code) on your computer and a VPS ByteGrad
  23. Video · video How to Design Your Bubble App (When You're Not a Designer) YouTube
  24. Video How to Build an App with Google Sheets (No Code, Glide) Glide (YouTube)

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The questions

Building your MVP 18

Build the smallest thing that tests the biggest risk.

What actually counts as an MVP, and what's the smallest one I can get away with? 20 → How do I decide which features to cut from v1? 18 → How long should building an MVP take? 19 → Should I build an MVP at all, or can I validate without one? 20 → How do I get my first users for the MVP? 17 → All 18 questions in Building your MVP →
No-code & low-code building 18

Ship a product without writing code.

Which no-code tool should I use to build my first product? 20 → Can I really build a serious business on no-code, or will I hit a wall? 18 → Should I use an AI app builder like Lovable or Replit instead of traditional no-code? 20 → How do I connect payments and handle data if I'm building no-code in India? 20 → What can I build with just a spreadsheet as the backend? 20 → All 18 questions in No-code & low-code building →
Finding & working with developers 18

Get it built when you can't build it yourself.

I'm non-technical, do I actually need a technical co-founder? 18 → How do I actually find a technical co-founder? 19 → Should I hire an agency or a freelancer to build my MVP? 17 → How do I hire good engineers in India when everyone's competing for the same talent? 18 → How do I evaluate a developer's skill if I can't code? 19 → All 18 questions in Finding & working with developers →
Product design & UX basics 18

Make it obvious, not clever.

I'm not a designer, how do I make my product not look terrible? 18 → What are the core UX principles every founder should know? 20 → How do I know if my product is confusing to users? 17 → Should I learn Figma, and how much design do I really need? 19 → Why does good design actually matter for an early-stage startup? 19 → All 18 questions in Product design & UX basics →
Shipping, iterating & roadmap 18

Ship weekly, learn constantly, prioritise ruthlessly.

How do I decide what to build next? 19 → How often should an early-stage startup ship? 19 → How do I build a roadmap without over-planning? 19 → How do I keep talking to users while I'm heads-down building? 18 → How do product teams keep a consistent shipping rhythm as they grow? 18 → All 18 questions in Shipping, iterating & roadmap →
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