Most Founders Start With the Product. I Started With These 3 Questions Instead.

Too many founders start with the product. They get excited, build something, and then scramble to figure out if anyone actually wants it.

I almost did the same. Technically, I started by generating silly AI images of my boss to make my coworkers laugh. But when I saw the potential of the tools I was playing with — and how accessible they were becoming — I realized I could turn it into something real.

I didn't have a background in AI or deep learning. But with open-source tools like Stable Diffusion suddenly available, people like me could build things that felt like magic.

And like most entrepreneurs , I wanted to move fast. But instead of rushing to build, I gave myself a reality check. I asked three hard questions before writing a line of code. That checklist became the foundati