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Now I know a lot of you are taking this course because you want to build your own project, your own app.
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Now what are some of the things to think about when you want to pursue this path of becoming an entrepreneur
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or starting a startup?
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Now one of the first things to think about...
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now one of the most important things is to know what are the most core features of this product. Really
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get clarity.
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Map it out, draw it out, write out all the bullets, all the functionality that you want and then simplify
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it. Boil it down to the core fundamental thing that is different about your product and how it's going
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to stand out in the market.
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And once you've got that clarity then try to build that simplest version of your product.
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Don't start right at the end.
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I often hear students who say I want to build something that is a cross between Facebook and Twitter
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with a sprinkle of Snapchat and that project is probably not going to happen.
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If it does, it's not going to go well because it's too ambitious to start with.
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What you want to do is you want to start off building something like a skateboard, and then you build
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something more like a pushbike and then you go up to a bicycle and then you go up to a car. Instead of
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just you know setting your ambitions on 'I'm going to build this fantastic Ferrari'
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and then when your motivation kind of wanes you only built four wheels and nobody can use it.
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It's not going to motivate you to keep building and you'll probably give up on the project.
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So start small.
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Start with the core functionality. Build it and then get feedback.
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The quicker that you can get into this feedback loop where people are using your product and giving
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you tips on what else they would like to see or what are the things that are not working so well in
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the app or what are the things that would really improve their user experience, then you can start improving
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on it and then you're getting into a product development cycle. And that is really really crucial for
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success as an entrepreneur.
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So have a think about some of those things I said and see if you can apply them to your project.