@gabriel1: i can't state this enough: ignore even things that seem like clear product improvements if they don't give you new info…
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Gabriel shares startup learning to ignore non-critical improvements that don't provide new customer information, emphasizing focus on the biggest problem.
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i can’t state this enough: ignore even things that seem like clear product improvements if they don’t give you new information about who your customer is
like nearly no things matter. i have 1000 ideas how i want to improve energy, maybe 3 of those give me information
gabriel (@gabriel1): biggest startup learning so far: ignore literally everything and everyone that is not immediately ultra critical to what the biggest problem is right now
everything that feels like it’s “probably super useful in 3 weeks” is completely useless, NEVER do it
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