Building In Public

The road to MVP

Here's exactly what we're building, in what order, and where things stand today. Updated as we go — no fluff, no fixed dates that quietly slip.

Phase 5 of 7 Market Xi launch: Jan 2027

The plan

Seven phases from audit to Market Xi launch. Each one ships something a user can actually see or use.

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Phase 1 · 31 Aug – 6 Sep Done
Audit & plan the tools
  • Full review of the Backtester and Signals pages — what works end-to-end today, what's half-built
  • Every remaining piece reframed around what it actually solves for a user, not just "finish the code"
  • Produced a prioritised build list for the next two phases
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Phase 2 · 7 – 21 Sep Done
Build the core content and tools
  • Learning pages written and published, level by level
  • Backtester and Signals gaps closed against the Phase 1 build list
  • User profile & access-tier system — one place tying together tier, feature access and preferences per user, so Basic vs Pro (Signals/Backtester), AI/Learn-bot usage limits, and future subscriptions all switch on through the same mechanism rather than being bolted onto each page separately
  • Our own domain secured (growthcapitalgroup.co) and a proper YouTube channel set up — branded to the site, organised into playlists that mirror Beginner/Intermediate/Pro/Tools
  • Branded email addresses on our own domain live, plus our first social account (X) claimed
  • AI lesson tutor live on every Learn page — free-text Q&A grounded in that lesson's own content, plus instant tap-to-ask FAQ chips (zero API cost) on all 45 lessons, tiered daily quotas, and a resizable/fullscreen widget
  • Alpha posts tidied up to a consistent format — an Alpha Studio Playbook guide (linked from Studio) documents the AI-prompt formatting step partners run before uploading, plus the required fields before a post can publish
  • Mobile posting flow verified end-to-end, including on a real iPhone — upload, draft, image, publish, plus a real-device layout bug (topic pills wrapping mid-word on narrow screens) found and fixed
  • Small, frequent updates shipped rather than one big reveal
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Phase 3 · 22 – 29 Sep Done
Harden for launch
  • Full site pass — navigation, search and links checked end to end, broken lesson cross-links fixed
  • Password reset in place
  • Contact us — a footer link that opens your email app addressed to [email protected]
  • Page audit for incomplete content, features and functionality — placeholder tiles and orphaned pages removed
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Phase 4 · October 2026 Done
Website at MVP
  • Site live at MVP standard — learning pages, Backtester, Signals, accounts and tiers, AI lesson tutor
Phase 5 · Late Oct – Nov 2026 In progress
Monetisation, podcast & going public
  • Monetisation plans finalised by the end of October
  • Podcast episode #1 out by 6 November
  • November: education walk-through videos start on YouTube, embedded on the matching pages of the site
  • November: our social channels get more active
Phase 6 · December 2026 Target
Market Xi beta
  • Market Xi opens for beta testing
Phase 7 · January 2027 Target
Market Xi launch
  • Market Xi launches publicly

How we're working

The principles behind the plan, in case anyone's wondering why it looks like this.

Progress over meetings
We'd rather ship something small and post it than schedule a call about shipping something.
Real deadline, real cuts
The MVP date held because we were willing to trim scope to hit it, not push the date. Same approach from here.
Money follows product
Monetisation plans land at the end of October, and get switched on tool by tool as each one earns it — not before.