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Garry Tan@garrytan

If you're trying to figure out your minimum viable product and deciding between a/ feature parity with alternatives and b/ new features nobody else does, always prioritize B, but also realize you have to do the minimum set of A that would allow someone to stick with you.

410 likes18 repliesPosted Sep 14, 2020

View the original on X Written by Garry Tan. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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Addresses the reader directly, so it reads as written for them.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Opens on a negative, which reads as a warning and is harder to ignore than a claim.

The mechanics

Hook: Speaks directly to you
Structure: Hook
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: plain, matter-of-fact
Written for: Product teams

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