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Define Your Idea
Every app that stalls out usually stalls for the same reason: nobody wrote down what it actually is. Step 1 forces the clarity that every later step depends on — your product proposition, who it's for, the core problem it solves, and the smallest version of it worth building.
What you'll do
- Write a one-sentence product proposition
- Define your target customer and their core problem
- Scope your MVP — the smallest version worth building
- Map your key user journeys
- List functional requirements in plain language
Key principle: A prototype and a production application are different things — start by being ruthless about what actually needs to exist in version one.
Common mistake: Trying to define every feature you can imagine instead of the smallest useful version.