Growth

If you’re building a similar type of product, Ofstad’s advice is to keep the feedback loop extremely tight and loosen your expectations around what your MVP “should” look like. “We'd sit down with our customers to see what they were using the product for. With horizontal products, you build this very generic thing and the cool part is seeing how... See more

Wordle’s virality is engineered:

First, the app doesn’t have any barrier to entry. You simply go to the web page and can immediately play. No need to sign-up.

Second, the game is easy to pick up. It has a minimal set of rules.

Third, users get a quick feedback loop. You try one word and immediately know if you’re on or off track. The whole game might... See more

There are several things IFTTT did poorly when compared to Zapier:

First, they did not target any particular audience. When you try to be all things to everyone, you end up being nothing to anyone.

Second, they did not follow the simple principle of show, don’t tell. Even in the simple image above, you can tell Zapier helps apps talk to one another.... See more