Brian Shin: ONCE's initial MVP was built in under two weeks
Brian Shin · I Built a $20K/Month App in 83 Days · May 10, 2026 · at 5:13
Brian Shin, founder of ONCE, describes how quickly he built the initial web-based MVP to test the disposable camera concept at an event.
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“So the first version took around a week or two. It was a web app that kind of just had the core features of what a mobile app intended to have.”
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