Building the Product

Building your MVP

Build the smallest thing that tests the biggest risk.

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My MVP needs users to log in, pay, and get notifications. Should I build auth, payments, and email myself or glue together no-code and third-party tools? For a first MVP, buy or borrow everything that isn't the thing you're testing. Auth (Firebase, Clerk, Supabase), payments (Razorpay, Stripe), and e... Beginner 3 resources → 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 ... Advanced 3 resources →