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101: Ben Orenstein - How to Build an App in a Week


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Topics include:

  • Why deadlines are critical
  • Using manual processes to avoid building features entirely
  • How launching a stripped down version of your idea can help you build the right thing
  • Recognizing when you don't need to solve a problem yet
  • Why you shouldn't design your entire UI up front
  • How evolutionary design applies to both code and interface design
  • Why you should always finish a feature before starting the next one
  • Applying this approach to Ben's current project Tuple

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Links:

  • The Art of Product, Ben's podcast
  • Tuple, Ben's current project
  • "You Should Take a Codecation"
  • Trailmix.life, Ben's first codecation SaaS
  • Briefs.fm, Ben's second codecation SaaS
  • Nomadlist, by Pieter Levels
  • Airline List
  • Basecamp 6 week cycles
  • "How we structure our work and teams at Basecamp"
  • "What six weeks of work looks like" (at Basecamp)
  • "Making Sense of MVP", by Henrik Kniberg
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