Kindara launched initial iOS app in 2012 after two weeks coding
Will Sachs · Founders Friday 004: Life As A Non-Technical Co-Founder with Will Sacks, The Fertility King @ Kindara · Jul 17, 2015 · at 10:54
Will Sacks is the founder and CEO of fertility tracking app Kindara. He discusses the company's early MVP product launch in 2012 following lean startup principles.
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“What we did is we spent two weeks coding and then launched what we had. So it barely did anything. It was like a very initial version of the app on iOS only had two screens and barely did anything and like 50 people downloaded it.”
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