The best advice I’ve ever read about starting a company is to not over-engineer the offering.
I think of startups as rockets trying to get into orbit. The challenge is so complex that most don’t even make it to the launchpad properly ready for launch.
To get a startup 1 inch off the ground so many things need to go right. It needs to be built for purpose, proven in the market to make a different to someone, fabricated (or coded) to work, packaged, sold and shipped.
Building too much, too soon is the same as trying to move a rocket with less fuel than required.
Building too little burns out before reaching the needed velocity.
Physics and friction are constant drags on a company’s velocity and nothing is more important than getting the mix right for that first inch of motion.