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I'm a solo technical founder. How do I MVP a two-sided marketplace when I need both buyers and sellers before it works at all?
Don't build the marketplace, fake one side and hand-run the match. Pick the harder-to-get side (usually supply), recruit a tiny concentrated pool m...
When is the right moment to stop iterating on the MVP and rebuild it properly, and how do I avoid the second-system rewrite trap?
Rebuild when the tech debt is measurably slowing every new feature or breaking under real usage you already have, not when the code merely feels ug...
Should I open-source my MVP or build in public to get early users, or does that just help competitors copy me?
For most early founders, the attention and trust from building in public outweigh the copying risk, because execution, distribution, and community ...