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What actually counts as an MVP, and what's the smallest one I can get away with?
An MVP is the least you can build (or fake) to test your single riskiest assumption, not a shrunken version of your dream product. Ask 'what's the ...
How long should building an MVP take?
Weeks, not months. If your MVP will take more than 4-8 weeks, your scope is wrong, not your timeline. Airbnb, Stripe, and Twitch all launched narro...
Should I build an MVP at all, or can I validate without one?
If you haven't talked to ~20-30 potential customers yet, don't build anything, you're not validating, you're procrastinating in code. A concierge M...
I want to test my idea before writing any code. What actually is a landing-page or concierge MVP and how do I run one right?
A landing-page MVP sells the promise and measures who clicks buy or signs up; a concierge MVP delivers the service manually behind the scenes while...
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