Choosing A Minimally Viable Co-Founder(onstartups.com)
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Choosing A Minimally Viable Co-Founder
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The expression is "minimum viable", not "minimally viable". They mean very different things.
More like a minimally viable blogpost.
You have a high bar. I've written posts much more "minimal" than this one. I actually thought it was reasonably good -- and potentially useful.
Will see if I can make the next post less minimal.
Will see if I can make the next post less minimal.
This actually comes back to something I have been thinking about for a long time. One can build a minimum viable product because it is then easier to change and one can reasonably expect to improve it, if it is a good market fit.
On the other hand, blog posts are seldom changed once they have been written. Why not combine blogpost with a wiki style editing process? That way those who read it will be able to read the most uptodate version of whatever advice your post contains (even if it just "this article is very old and you should use version 4.8 for $PRODUCT instead")? It seems to me that blogs are written under then assumption that they were supposed to host a diary of sorts (where you would never have to update it once it has been written).
On the other hand, blog posts are seldom changed once they have been written. Why not combine blogpost with a wiki style editing process? That way those who read it will be able to read the most uptodate version of whatever advice your post contains (even if it just "this article is very old and you should use version 4.8 for $PRODUCT instead")? It seems to me that blogs are written under then assumption that they were supposed to host a diary of sorts (where you would never have to update it once it has been written).
That's a really good point. I've actually considered going back through some old articles that were popular, and updating them -- based on things I've learned since then, and some of the comments from readers. Will have to try that out.
Soon a startup called "Wikiblogs". Where everyone can edit the blog posts (but the owner can deny/accept the changes... kind of like push-requests on github)
I think the African proverb is perfect too. I couldn't have said it better. Despite being an extrovert, I've always preferred doing it alone, mainly because I was weary that people wouldn't be as committed or work as hard as I did on a given idea. But like the proverb says, if you want to go far, go together, and I know how that going together is extremely useful and fun, especially for a startup!