Ship Target
A live landing page collecting emails + working signup backend + first 50 waitlist signups from real people.
The hardest leap is from idea to something real. With AI-assisted engineering, "something real" means a deployed product with a database on Day 1. Spec-Driven Development is the practice: teams create structured specifications in Markdown, feed them to AI agents alongside architectural guidelines, and iterate on working code. No more vibe coding. No more 50-slide decks before a single line ships.
First team to collect 50 real waitlist signups wins. No fake emails. No team members signing up for each other. Real humans, real interest. For Philippine-focused products: at least 30 must come from Filipino users.
Zero to One Thinking — The Z1 Framework | Founder-Market Fit | Problem Selection Matrix
Hacker × Hipster
Co-build the landing page. Hipster defines visual direction and copy (in English, Taglish, or Filipino depending on target market), Hacker implements using AI-assisted tools. With agentic engineering, the handoff between design intent and working code happens in hours.
Product mentor (validate problem) or Growth mentor (launch channels). Philippine founders: consider mentors familiar with local distribution — Facebook Groups, Viber communities, and the GCash ecosystem.
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