Hoover: Over-focusing on systems early leads to over-engineered products
Ryan Hoover · Building From Scratch with Ryan Hoover · Jun 10, 2022 · at 12:31
Ryan Hoover, founder of Product Hunt and Weekend Fund, discusses the risks of overthinking product roadmaps with hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg.
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“People like him can be challenged with overthinking things because we like to think in systems. We like to think in flywheels. We like to think of like, oh, if we have this thing, it unlocks this thing and unlocks that thing. And that's important. I think very valuable to like dissect and try to understand. However, you can also become paralyzed and like Over engineer a product. If you think you're too, if you're like too clever, basically.”
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