Comment by cik

This is the hard truth that people leave out.

Just build the product - the purest most minimal version you can. I mean be judicious with the knife, and slice like it's going out of style. Accept it - you're throwing out 100% of the code eventually - be fine with it; it's not ideal, but you'll ship and be live. Add the analytics you need - test hypotheses. Reach out to people who drop in and drop off, they're more valuable than features.

Don't agonize over "this isn't done", "this isn't perfect" or "it needs X to be useful". Get it out, charge for users, and you'll build a sustainable business, or it will fail quickly. Sure, this may not be VC sexy - but you know what, you can build product quickly, validate or toss and idea and move along or improve, based on feedback.

This ships. It ships repeatedly. It's not perfect, it's not awesome, but it works, always.