If you use chatbots, here's the weird part: a half-built product can sell its ne

If you use chatbots, here's the weird part: a half-built product can sell its next 18 months better than a finished one. 👀

You spot a rough AI demo, almost scroll past, then get that little panic: wait, am I about to miss something important? That feeling is why half-baked launches spread so fast.

The costly mistake is judging it like a school project: is it finished right now? If you only stare at the surface, you can burn time, budget, and attention on the wrong thing 😵

The part that hit me in Half-Baked Product was honestly simple: a rough first version is not selling today's tiny feature list. It's selling confidence about where the product could be 18 months from now [S001].

Steve Blank wrote back in 2010 that the first curious buyers are often betting on an 18-to-36-month vision, not demanding a perfect first screen [S001]. Plot twist: month-0 polish can matter less than month-18 direction.

Boundary check 🧭 This lens fits early-stage software best, not every category and definitely not high-risk tools. The thing is, an update is worth your time only if it changes your next decision.

Save this for the next unfinished launch, and tell me: would you bet on month-0 polish or month-18 direction?

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