Startup is basically A machine that answers questions and builds MVPs (minimum viable products) that help de-risk a company’s value proposition over time.
The point is that every MVP a company builds should focus on answering very specific questions. Anything more than that is a waste of time and effort. In my experience, many startups worry about scaling too quickly and wasting resources on things they may never need.
This trend is especially noticeable in startups founded by engineering ex-partners of large companies that have already scaled. But what it takes to ship code on Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, or Google doesn’t apply to early-stage startups in the same way.
