Wait. I’m advocating _NOT_ experimenting very much with your first bridge—build a fairly standard one first. You will learn a lot in doing so, and end up with a bridge that works. My point is that you have to both produce and learn at the same time, not do one then the other.
The intended meaning of the post is that there can be “producing in order to produce” and “producing in order to learn”. The producing to learn might involve very real producing, but underlying goal is different. You might be trying to get real investment from real investors, but the goal could be a) receiving money, b) testing your assumptions about whether you can raise successfully.
In practice, I think you’re right that sometimes (or often) both intentions are necessary. You need to get users both to learn and to survive. Still, the two intentions trade off against each other and it’s possible to forget about one or the other. My primary recommendation is to be aware and deliberate about your intentions so that you have the right ones at the right time in the right amount.
Wait. I’m advocating _NOT_ experimenting very much with your first bridge—build a fairly standard one first. You will learn a lot in doing so, and end up with a bridge that works. My point is that you have to both produce and learn at the same time, not do one then the other.
The intended meaning of the post is that there can be “producing in order to produce” and “producing in order to learn”. The producing to learn might involve very real producing, but underlying goal is different. You might be trying to get real investment from real investors, but the goal could be a) receiving money, b) testing your assumptions about whether you can raise successfully.
In practice, I think you’re right that sometimes (or often) both intentions are necessary. You need to get users both to learn and to survive. Still, the two intentions trade off against each other and it’s possible to forget about one or the other. My primary recommendation is to be aware and deliberate about your intentions so that you have the right ones at the right time in the right amount.