Ryan Valenzuela

From a UX Researcher & GTM lens- hard to say and I don’t think we’ll ever know But the guardrails we can put in place for more authentic responses is to: • Do research in the company/person and act like a consultant to empathize with who you’re doing discovery with • continuously ship and continually put in front of users > gather user feedback • product will always change so it’s never perfect...

Really depends, but I’d ask myself these questions, and if they’re all a yes, then the product is too complex: 1) will the core product die if I removed this product/feature? 2) is the speed to learning for use too slow? (Arbitrary but that’ll depend on your product and company) 3) will the user be happier without this product?

It's a mix of my own and as well as other's @amraniyasser. I come from a background in tech where many of company's users were very broad, focused on the local economy and allowed us to define our ICP broadly to extend reach. With my own experiences and challenges as an owner, and starting there first - building my product allowed for a deeper sense of user empathy. Which made areas like...

The top students from both high school and college ended up taking careers and going through the job ladder within companies. On the flipside, some unsuspecting/unconventional C avg or even dropouts ended up starting their own businesses and companies and are thriving. I guess it also depends on your philosophy on what success is - the dropouts are doing well entrepreneurially. The top students...

Hey @aditgupta ! Glad to see design leaning founders on here! What a great idea especially around IA on the UX/Design. It's definitely a hot topic with my team and I around how to organize information environments (especially when information can become niche and dense). Will definitely have to check out TypMo! Keep in touch! -Ryan

What a great reminder that it's totally fine to launch again with updates! I appreciate the advice as my team and I prepare for our very first launch!