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Why Your First Product Should Feel a Little Embarrassing
Why Your First Product Should Feel a Little Embarrassing
Lean Startup Methodology

Your first product should feel a little embarrassing because this discomfort signals you've prioritized shipping quickly and getting real user …

Feb 03, 2026 15 13 min read
By Pivot Buddy Read
Should You Keep Going or Change Paths?
Should You Keep Going or Change Paths?
Lean Startup Methodology

You have officially entered the most important part of the founder’s journey. By now, you have used AI to build …

Feb 02, 2026 35 10 min read
By Pivot Buddy Read
Measuring Your MVP in the Vibe Era
Measuring Your MVP in the Vibe Era
Analytics & Metrics

Founders should prioritize metrics that reflect genuine user engagement and business value over vanity metrics like likes to understand their …

Feb 01, 2026 21 10 min read
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The Urgency of Building: Why Your Idea Needs to See the Light of Day
The Urgency of Building: Why Your Idea Needs to See the Light of Day
Build Beginner

The urgency of building lies in transforming a brilliant idea into a tangible product, as only a real creation can …

Jan 31, 2026 58 11 min read
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The 7-Day Pivot: What OpenClaw Teaches Us About Lean Branding and High-Velocity Iteration
The 7-Day Pivot: What OpenClaw Teaches Us About Lean Branding and High-Velocity Iteration
Lean Startup Methodology

The '7-Day Pivot' concept, exemplified by OpenClaw's rapid evolution from ClawdBot to Moltbot to OpenClaw, demonstrates that lean startups can …

Jan 30, 2026 110 8 min read
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The Power of the Pivot: Turning Early Feedback into Your Startup's Secret Weapon
The Power of the Pivot: Turning Early Feedback into Your Startup's Secret Weapon
Lean Startup Methodology Beginner

Embrace the 'pivot' by actively collecting and analyzing early customer feedback through your MVP, transforming insights into strategic adjustments to …

Jan 29, 2026 100 11 min read
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The Pivot:  Why Changing Your Mind Is A Startup Superpower
The Pivot: Why Changing Your Mind Is A Startup Superpower
Lean Startup Methodology

In most parts of life, "changing your mind" is seen as a weakness. If you change your college major three …

Jan 25, 2026 209 9 min read
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Dont Be Fooled By Vanity Metrics: How to Measure What Actually Matters
Dont Be Fooled By Vanity Metrics: How to Measure What Actually Matters
Analytics & Metrics

You’ve been working on your side hustle for three weeks. You finally posted about it on LinkedIn, and the response …

Jan 23, 2026 212 8 min read
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The Unseen Engine: How Smart Founders Learn Their Way to Success
The Unseen Engine: How Smart Founders Learn Their Way to Success
Lean Startup Methodology

Smart founders learn their way to success by objectively analyzing data from their MVP to identify what's working, what's not, …

Jan 21, 2026 336 7 min read
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Beyond the Gut Feeling: The Definitive Guide to Measuring Your Startup’s Success
Beyond the Gut Feeling: The Definitive Guide to Measuring Your Startup’s Success
Analytics & Metrics

Measuring startup success for solopreneurs and early-stage founders requires moving beyond intuition by defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) aligned with …

Jan 20, 2026 245 9 min read
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Build The "Smoke Test" for Your GEO Strategy
Build The "Smoke Test" for Your GEO Strategy
Go-To-Market Strategy

The internet used to be all about links, but now it’s changing to a system where AI gives direct answers. …

Jan 15, 2026 440 10 min read
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Beyond the Vibe Check: Data-Driven Development for Non-Technical Founders
Beyond the Vibe Check: Data-Driven Development for Non-Technical Founders
Vibe Engineering Podcast

You’ve done it. You used Lovable or Bolt.new to shell out a beautiful UI. You used Cursor to inject the …

Jan 12, 2026 491 8 min read
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