Right, like when OpenAI first released the playground? UX/UI is important for mass adoption, but if the functionality you’re offering is powerful enough, it doesn’t matter initially. Certainly not for early adopters.
MVPs are to prove you have a market for your startup hypothesis and to learn/pivot until you find PMF. Flashy UI/UX can come after you actually have something to build around, not before.
Crunchbase or LinkedIn Sales Navigator
So it sounds like for the 12 months of 2023, you’ve had/will have almost zero productivity on your app. What’s to say you’re not going to have those same results in 2024? 2025? If you find this magic man, are you really certain they’re going to be able to get you there still?
At least explore the idea of building it yourself on a no code platform. I have no idea the complexity of what you’re selling, but 95% of the apps I’ve built in my lifetime, for startups, SMBs, and enterprise, I could have built on sometime like Bubble.io. I now use no code to launch 100% of my SaaS platforms, the largest getting ready to scale past $5m ARR in 2024 on Bubble Enterprise. As a fellow startup founder, you’re doing yourself a disservice by not contemplating all possible channels to get to market.
Excuses are easy. Building, grinding, and succeeding are where the real challenge is at. Just do it now and you’ll thank me later.
If you’re bootstrapping with limited runway, build your MVP yourself on a no-code platform. Then when you find product/market fit and get some traction, you’ll have the resources and opportunities to solve all these other challenges.
Build it yourself on a no-code platform, like Bubble. Then when you find product/market fit and get some traction, you can hire a CTO instead, retain majority ownership, and avoid the headache of bringing on a co-founder or investors.
Bubble.io