Alex Ponomarev Passionate about software development and building great products http://www.alexponomarev.me 375 posts
Audience 4 Dec 2019 · 4 min read LeverageYour Existing Audience To Have a Successful Launch Have you heard of software engineer and writer Joel Spolsky? He’s one of the people who inspired me back in the day to get into software development. Recently, he’ Read more
MVP 3 Dec 2019 · 3 min read Build An Educational Product as Your MVP Multiple kinds of MVPs exist, and each serves its own purpose. A fake door MVP allows you to test interest with only an ad. A smoke test MVP will provide Read more
Business Models 2 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Six Powerful Business Models of Successful Startups A business model, at the heart of any business, is a strategy for operating a business. It describes how a company will generate value for its customers and takes into Read more
MVP 1 Dec 2019 · 4 min read How Groupon Built an MVP Without Tech and Validated an Idea in a Month In 2010, Groupon, a marketplace that offers its users deals with local merchants, had 700 copycat sites. Do you know the names of any of Groupon’s copycats? I don’ Read more
Productivity 30 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How Instant Gratification Silently Hinders Success I’m 33 years old, and it seems that I’ve just recently learned that I need to work hard today to get results in the future. I was never Read more
Product management 29 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How Can a Startup Benefit from a Product Roadmap? Imagine that one day a friend of yours asks you to organize a major conference for avocado growers. If you’re like me, you’d start with a list of Read more
Marketing 28 Nov 2019 · 4 min read Start With Email Marketing For Your Startup Success How much time do you need to build an MVP for a startup that you can sell for $20 million? As little as 20 minutes. In 2013, Ryan Hoover created Read more
Audience 27 Nov 2019 · 4 min read You Don’t Need to Get on Oprah. Instead, Find Your Smallest Viable Audience How would you like to be offered a spot on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote your product to millions of live viewers? How much would you pay for that? Read more
Team management 26 Nov 2019 · 5 min read Why Your Startup Should Use Google Docs to Collaborate on Documents Documents and collaboration are a huge part of any business, especially a technical startup. In a startup, everything from legal documents to meeting notes and feature descriptions need to be Read more
Lean 25 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How to Validate Your Idea with an Educational Product In a previous article, I explained why it doesn’t make sense to build a software product as an MVP if you have limited resources and little-to-no background in software Read more
MVP 24 Nov 2019 · 4 min read Should You Build a Core Team Before Building an MVP? A prospective client of mine recently told me that his biggest struggle as a founder was dealing with procrastination. Procrastination happens when you have a task but it’s scary, Read more
Marketing 23 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How to Develop a Landing Page in a Cost-Effective Way Many years back, I was working as a system administrator for a small company, where no one on the team but me could add or change a thing on the Read more
Startups 23 Nov 2019 · 4 min read The Five Reasons Why Startups Succeed, According to a Legendary Investor Today I was researching the factors of startup success when I came across one of Bill Gross’s TED Talks. If you don’t know Bill, he’s a legendary Read more
Launch 22 Nov 2019 · 3 min read To Avoid Launching to Crickets, First Make Sure That People Actually Want Your Product Too often, product launches get postponed again and again because the product isn’t perfect enough. There are bugs. The design requires tweaking. Last-minute testing reveals that payment processing doesn’ Read more
MVP 22 Nov 2019 · 4 min read The Three Biggest Misconceptions About MVPs Throughout the years, as I’ve built products for startups — each of which started as an MVP — I’ve worked with many founders who had major misconceptions surrounding what MVPs Read more
Agile project management 21 Nov 2019 · 4 min read What’s the Optimal Size and Composition of an Agile Team A team must be small to remain agile. The smaller your team, the fewer instances of miscommunication you’ll have. Plus, it’ll be easier for you to resolve issues Read more
MVP 20 Nov 2019 · 4 min read Why Your MVP Probably Shouldn’t Be a Software Product More often than not, it’s not a good idea to build software as your minimum viable product. Building software is risky. It’s time-consuming. It’s expensive. Especially if Read more
MVP 19 Nov 2019 · 3 min read Four Myths About What “Viable” Means In Minimum Viable Product The goal of any business is to provide value to your customers. And the only trustworthy indication of whether you’re doing that — of whether your minimum viable product is, Read more
