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Mili

Founder of TwoSprint

Research11 min read

Open Survey Questions: 25 Examples for Idea Validation

Open survey questions explained for founders: 25 copy-ready examples for idea validation, how to write them, and how to code 20 answers into product decisions.

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Planning9 min read

Start a Business Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide for Founders

How to start a business plan from one paragraph: validate, pick a segment, build realistic financials, and turn the plan into an MVP and tasks.

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Planning11 min read

Native App Development: Is It Right for Your MVP?

Native app development means separate iOS and Android apps. Learn when it's worth it for an MVP, what drives cost, and how your feature list decides.

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Strategy11 min read

Competition Products: How to Map Rivals and Find Your Gap

Competition products are every option your customer could pick instead of yours. Learn a five-step method to map them, compare journeys, and find your MVP gap.

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Strategy11 min read

Market Segmentation: How Startups Pick a First Segment

Market segmentation explained for founders with no customer data: the types, a simple scoring method, and a worked example that turns one segment into MVP scope.

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Planning12 min read

Starting a Business Plan: From Idea to Action

Starting a business plan? Test the idea first, write a one-page lean plan, run simple numbers, then turn it into an MVP scope and a first task list.

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Planning10 min read

What Is Market Segmentation? A Founder’s Guide with Example

What is market segmentation? A plain definition, the four types, how to segment with no customer data, and a worked example that ends in a v1 feature scope.

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Planning11 min read

Target Market Definition: From ‘Everyone’ to a Real Segment

A target market is the specific group you serve first. Learn how it differs from a target audience, how to pick one segment, and how it shapes your product.

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Planning13 min read

Market Research for Starting a Business: A 7-Step Guide

A one-week, 7-step process for market research when starting a business. Every step ends in something you can use: a segment, a gap table, an MVP scope.

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Planning10 min read

Scope Creep: How to Spot It, Stop It and Triage Requests

Scope creep is uncontrolled growth past your agreed goals. Learn how founders can spot it, triage requests into now, next or later, and keep the MVP shippable.

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Product OS5 min read

What is a Product OS (Product Operating System)? The complete guide

A product OS (product operating system) is one connected workspace where a product’s research, plan, flows, design, tasks and code stay in sync. What it is, how it differs from a startup OS, and why AI makes it possible now.

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Growth2 min read

Pre-seed fundraising: an investor readiness checklist for first-time founders

What early-stage investors look for, what to prepare before the first meeting, and how to find investors who actually back your stage and sector.

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Planning2 min read

How to write a product requirements document (PRD) with AI

What a useful PRD contains, how AI can draft it in minutes, and the parts you still need to decide yourself.

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Building2 min read

AI app builders vs planning first: which gets you to a real product?

Prompt-to-app tools are fast for prototypes. Here is where they shine, where they stall, and why a plan-first workflow holds up for larger products.

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Design2 min read

Design systems for startups: a practical guide for small teams

You don’t need a design team to have a design system. Colours, type, spacing and a handful of components are enough to look professional from day one.

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Design2 min read

User flow vs user journey: what’s the difference and when to use each

Journeys show the whole experience over time; flows show the exact screens and decisions. Here is how they fit together in a product plan.

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Planning2 min read

MVP scope: how to decide what goes into version one

A practical way to cut a feature list down to a minimum viable product that still solves the problem end to end.

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Planning3 min read

How to validate a startup idea before you build anything

Five checks that tell you whether an idea is worth building: the problem, the people, the alternatives, the willingness to pay and the first channel.

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Planning2 min read

How to turn a raw idea into a product plan

A step-by-step walk through research, features, user journeys and tasks, so you know exactly what to build before you start.

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Building2 min read

Why most AI-built apps stall after the prototype

Generating screens is easy. Shipping a real product needs structure, and that has to come before the build.

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Design1 min read

Map user journeys before you write a line of code

How mapping discovery, activation and retention early saves weeks of rework later.

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Growth2 min read

Your first 1,000 users: a growth playbook

Ads, creators, cold outreach and content: what to run first after launch, and how to measure it.

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Guide2 min read

How to build a startup without a CTO

You don’t need a technical co-founder to launch. How non-technical founders use AI to plan the product, define the architecture and generate development tasks.

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