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One of the biggest mistakes in tech is building a product before understanding who actually needs it.
A great idea means nothing if the target audience doesn’t care enough to use or pay for it.
Talk to users first. Understand their problems, habits, and frustrations. The best products usually solve a very specific pain point for a very specific group of people.
Build for people — not assumptions.
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Unpopular opinion:
Most startups don’t fail because they move too slow.
They fail because they build random features with no clear blueprint.
A solid product blueprint isn’t “corporate overhead.”
It’s clarity:
what to build
who it’s for
why it matters
what NOT to build
The startups everyone admires for “moving fast” usually had insanely clear product direction behind the scenes.
Speed without strategy is just chaos. A good blueprint doesn’t slow execution - it prevents wasted execution.
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Curious to hear from founders, PMs, and developers here.
In your experience, how detailed should product requirements be before starting development in a SaaS startup?
Some teams prefer shipping fast with rough ideas, while others spend a lot of time on PRDs, user flows, edge cases, and technical planning before writing code.
What has worked better for you in terms of:
• Faster delivery
• Fewer reworks
• Better product-market fit
• Team alignment
• Scalability later on
Would love to hear real experiences and lessons learned.
Too many founders build products without validating whether anyone actually wants them.
A lot of startups seem to operate on assumptions:
“this sounds useful”
“i’d use this”
“people probably want this”
Then they launch months later and realize there’s no real demand.
Building feels productive, but talking to users is what actually tells you whether the idea matters.
Has anyone here spent a long time building something before realizing people didn’t really care about it?