The founder’s guide

Chapter II

How to build

Ship the smallest thing that proves people want it, then keep shipping.

Building is a loop: decide, ship, learn. The faster the loop, the sooner you know whether you are onto something.

Scope ruthlessly

List everything you want to build, then cut until only the one job your first customers hired you for remains.

Let agents handle the glue

Keel’s engineering and design agents set up the website, analytics and docs so your time goes into the product itself.

Next chapter

How to sell

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