About
Founder (Vella.ai) | HBS'2022 Previously worked as a dev at LinkedIn and Qualcomm. Passionate about user-owned auth, storage and personalization.
Maker History
- Vella.aiAI Powered Inbox that saves you time & effort
- Vella.ai MVPOct 2024
- Vella.ai v0.1Jun 2024
Forums
Making MVP tests useful
Everyone knows you should have an MVP to validate your idea. However, most builders find that the well-intentioned test is full of noise. So, when should you trust your MVP results? - At the survey stage? - At the mockup stage? - At the barely functional app stage? I found my answer with: https://twitter.com/founderYonz/... "Build a slice across, instead of one layer at a time." Instead of focusing on trying to spend the smallest amount of effort in the wrong direction, treat all the stages as useful but inconclusive info until you build a slice across the entire product pyramid. Maybe we should call the slice minimum loveable product. Share your thoughts below.
Who is Launching Soon?
I see lot's of us are launching in few days or weeks. Share what you are launching let's support.
Is Privacy Dead?
Every year we continue to see products eroding users' control over their data. I understand how we got here, but I would like to know how many people care about keeping their data private. Let's take Grammarly, we trust the product not to surveil us with anonymization, but the product has sweeping access: - Extension sees every page you visit - Everything you type leaves your device What if we had a competing option that worked in-device with comparable performance, would you: