Alex is an experienced CTO and founder who largely focuses on all the technical areas of My AskAI, from AI Engineering, Technical Product Management and overall Platform Development.
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- What are your best lessons learnt, as a 2nd/3rd time founder?
- My #10 lessons (non-exhaustive)...
- #1 Getting the basics right from day 1:
- #2 Defining up front how to know if a new feature is having the right impact after release.
- #3 Not over-perfecting new features, launch them basic and then launch v2, v3, etc. versions of a feature.
- #4 Not over-investing in paid marketing too early on.
- #5 Change pricing plans to test impact on conversion.
- #6 Only have meetings when essential. Always have an agenda.
- #7 Moving on quickly after disagreeing with a co-founder. And know who should make the final decision on any matter.
- #8 Minimum Loveable Product > MVP.
- #9 Your current customer base is a very small % of your total lifetime # of customers.
- #10 Less is more.
What are your best lessons learnt, as a 2nd/3rd time founder?
My #10 lessons (non-exhaustive)...
#1 Getting the basics right from day 1:
- Product/architecture (not too simple, not too complex)
- Implementing usage analytics and A/B testing from day 1
- Slick on-boarding, follows best-practise
- New user email campaigns (personalised on sign up stage)
#2 Defining up front how to know if a new feature is having the right impact after release.
#3 Not over-perfecting new features, launch them basic and then launch v2, v3, etc. versions of a feature.
#4 Not over-investing in paid marketing too early on.
#5 Change pricing plans to test impact on conversion.
#6 Only have meetings when essential. Always have an agenda.
- Meetings always fill their alloted time, so shorten them
- Agendas might feel formal, but it gives a clear plan for the meeting and stops digressions
- Share agendas before the meeting
#7 Moving on quickly after disagreeing with a co-founder. And know who should make the final decision on any matter.
#8 Minimum Loveable Product > MVP.
#9 Your current customer base is a very small % of your total lifetime # of customers.
#10 Less is more.
- Landing page copy
- Product features
- Feature functionality
- Metrics to track
- Slack messages
- Explanations of anything to anyone
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Alex is an experienced CTO and founder who largely focuses on all the technical areas of My AskAI, from AI Engineering, Technical Product Management and overall Platform Development.