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What's the difference between an MVP and just a cheap, half-finished product?
An MVP is a learning tool with a clear hypothesis attached; a cheap product is just a bad product. The point isn't to spend less money, it's to buy...
How do I decide the single riskiest assumption my MVP should test instead of trying to prove the whole idea at once?
List every belief your business needs to be true (people want this, they'll pay this much, you can acquire them cheaply, you can deliver it), then ...
I keep polishing the design and refactoring instead of shipping. How do I know I'm gold-plating my MVP versus doing necessary work?
If the work doesn't change what you learn from your next real user, it's gold-plating. Pixel-perfect UI, clean architecture, and edge-case handling...
I'm a solo technical founder. How do I MVP a two-sided marketplace when I need both buyers and sellers before it works at all?
Don't build the marketplace, fake one side and hand-run the match. Pick the harder-to-get side (usually supply), recruit a tiny concentrated pool m...
When is the right moment to stop iterating on the MVP and rebuild it properly, and how do I avoid the second-system rewrite trap?
Rebuild when the tech debt is measurably slowing every new feature or breaking under real usage you already have, not when the code merely feels ug...
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