Davis: Tech stack choices do not matter for early startup launches
Kevin Davis · EP 396: Why He Raised $3m Then Merged With #1 Competitor · Aug 24, 2016 · at 23:44
Kevin Davis, founder of Geekatoo, discusses early startup mistakes and explains why rapid deployment of a minimal viable product outweighs technology architecture decisions.
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“I wasted so much time, like, debating on whether to choose Rails or, you know, Java or, like, all this stuff. It does not matter. I mean, you can do a startup on an email list or write it in Cobalt for, like, you know, anybody cares. Just get it out. Try to get something. Obviously, it's not just, you know, a complete piece of crap, but Something where you can get customers early starting to iterate.”
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