Pessagno: Launching bare-bones products prevents emotional attachment and failure fatigue
Fernando Pessagno · I Make $15K/Month With 2 AI Apps · Dec 2, 2024 · at 6:24
Fernando Pessagno, a solopreneur building micro-SaaS apps, reflects on his build-in-public challenge and why shipping minimalist MVPs protects founders from getting stuck on failing ideas.
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“It's a good thing also to launch these barebone products, because then when you start getting feedback, The feedback kind of tells you where to go. The biggest value that I get from this challenge is that if it would have failed, I could have moved on into the next thing without any issues. But if you work for during six months, one year in the product, it's easy to get attached. It can be harsh to hear like the product sucks, right?”
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