I Built a Prototype That Changed the Entire Business Idea.

I thought I knew what I was building.

I was wrong.

The original idea was a simple productivity tool.

I built the first version in Greta and showed it to a few people.

Nobody cared about the main feature.

But they kept asking about one tiny part of the workflow.

At first, I thought they were getting distracted.

Then I noticed something.

That “tiny part” was solving a much more painful problem.

So I rebuilt the prototype around it.

The product changed.

The audience changed.

Even the business model changed.

The original idea disappeared.

The prototype had accidentally revealed a better one.

That's something I don't think would've happened if I'd spent months building the original plan.

I would've become emotionally attached to it.

The prototype was cheap enough to abandon.

That's the underrated benefit of building quickly.

You don't just get products faster.

You get permission to change your mind.

And sometimes the best thing your first product can do is show you what you should have built instead.

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