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The author of Running Lean tackles the exact trap in our short answer: founders confuse a wrong timeline with a wrong scope. He gives a way to find the smallest version that still delivers on your promise. Read it when you cannot tell what to cut.
Getting to the Right Minimum in a Minimum Viable Product
From Ash Maurya (Lean Stack) by Ash Maurya 9 min read
- Define your MVP by the smallest promise you can keep
- Explicitly list what you will not build to protect the timeline
- Right minimum means enough to learn, not enough to impress
