Rob Walling

This is early stage, right? Where everything's cloudy and you wish you had 10 times more hours to get there faster. Makes a lot of sense. So what is the product today? Is it I can type out an English sentence and AI turns that into a SQL query and then pulls data out? Or is there more than that?

This is early stage, right? Where everything's cloudy and you wish you had 10 times more hours to get there faster. Makes a lot of sense. So what is the product today? Is it I can type out an English sentence and AI turns that into a SQL query and then pulls data out? Or is there more than that?

They want to see it.

They want to see it.

I'm just curious how much your first customer is paying you.

I'm just curious how much your first customer is paying you.

How'd you decide on that amount?

How'd you decide on that amount?

I mean, it's just, yeah, we have tiny seed companies come in and they'll be like, our pricing is 499 and a thousand and 2000 or whatever, right? High-end tools. And we'll look at their data and I'll say, why are these people paying you $29? And they're like, well, so when we launched, We launched at 20, you know what I mean? And it's like, it just shows you that's what happens.

I mean, it's just, yeah, we have tiny seed companies come in and they'll be like, our pricing is 499 and a thousand and 2000 or whatever, right? High-end tools. And we'll look at their data and I'll say, why are these people paying you $29? And they're like, well, so when we launched, We launched at 20, you know what I mean? And it's like, it just shows you that's what happens.

59 will become 99 will become, you know, you build something people really, really want. That number goes up fast. There's one interesting comment you made to me via email. I want to surface because so many people listening to this.

59 will become 99 will become, you know, you build something people really, really want. That number goes up fast. There's one interesting comment you made to me via email. I want to surface because so many people listening to this.

episode will have felt this or might be feeling this now, but to quote you, you said, the bar for product is so high in today's market, or at least my solution is not compelling enough to have a low bar. There's this prevailing wisdom that if someone wants something bad enough, they'll put up with a mediocre UI, but it seems every category is crowded.

episode will have felt this or might be feeling this now, but to quote you, you said, the bar for product is so high in today's market, or at least my solution is not compelling enough to have a low bar. There's this prevailing wisdom that if someone wants something bad enough, they'll put up with a mediocre UI, but it seems every category is crowded.

And I hear this, I hear this from folks getting started of like, you know, the days of a crappy MVP, the may be gone. And I can neither confirm nor deny, because I do know that there are some folks, there are some areas where you can still build crappy MVPs and they work, but there are also places where it's not.

And I hear this, I hear this from folks getting started of like, you know, the days of a crappy MVP, the may be gone. And I can neither confirm nor deny, because I do know that there are some folks, there are some areas where you can still build crappy MVPs and they work, but there are also places where it's not.

And the more technical your audience, the more design focused, you know, whatever, they pick up on products that are really, not poorly built, but that don't look amazing, don't have amazing UX and don't feel finished. You and I can tell as builders when a product is finished.

And the more technical your audience, the more design focused, you know, whatever, they pick up on products that are really, not poorly built, but that don't look amazing, don't have amazing UX and don't feel finished. You and I can tell as builders when a product is finished.

So what does that mean for you then as someone who is building a product and has what we might call an MVP now with one customer? What is that sentiment that you sent me imply for your journey?

So what does that mean for you then as someone who is building a product and has what we might call an MVP now with one customer? What is that sentiment that you sent me imply for your journey?