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🚀 **Unlock Your Startup’s Potential with an MVP!** 🚀 Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) are a powerful way to validate your ideas and test the market with minimal risk. By focusing on core features and user feedback, you can quickly iterate and refine your product. Ready to turn your vision into reality? Let’s build an MVP that sets you up for success! 💡 #MVP #StartupSuccess #ProductDevelopment #TechInnovation #LeanStartup

We are building something new and pouring all our efforts into it. We are feeling the weight of the challenge. Back in December'23, we were planning to release the initial version of the app in March'24, but we couldn't because of the results of idea validation, pivoting, design problems, blood, sweat, tears, etc. However, we're on the brink of release now. Today, I took a moment to reflect on the experience we've gained and felt compelled to share it with you. The MVP doesn't mean you cannot craft high-quality products, but it prioritizes customer acquisition. You should be ready to set aside high-level product standards to initiate the process of learning promptly. Of course, this doesn't imply operating sloppy or in an undisciplined way. When customers interact with your product as anticipated, it validates your assumptions. But if a poorly designed product leaves even early adopters perplexed, it signals the necessity for better design. However, do customers prioritize design as much as we do? As you think about developing your own minimum viable product, adhere to this simple guideline: eliminate any feature, process, charming design, or effort that doesn't directly contribute to the learning objectives. #startup #productmanagement #MVP

The MVP I launched in 2013… taught me humility, and how to cry in a break room. So I built a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It was supposed to be a masterpiece. What it turned out to be was… "minimal" in ways I didn’t expect. First user feedback: "Is this... supposed to work?" Second feedback: "I’ve seen Excel sheets with better UX." *Cue the sound of my soul leaving my body.* But here's the thing: That MVP wasn’t a failure, it was the ultimate teacher. It taught me: • Perfection is paralysis: I could’ve spent months perfecting… and still made a mess. • User feedback is free therapy: Except it’s not optional. • No one remembers your early drafts: Unless you name your startup Glitcher. What saved me? A mix of thick skin, good humor, and asking the right people for feedback, preferably those with snacks. The point is: If your MVP doesn’t humble you, you’re not trying hard enough. And hey, a failed launch builds better engineers and product builders than a smooth one ever will. - Just my 2 cents! ------------------------------------------------- Are you working on building something that scares you? DM me for help building your next MVP, and avoiding the same mistakes I made.

Are you making the most of your MVP (Minimum Viable Product)? The real test begins after its launch. The MVP is not just about testing product viability; it's a goldmine for learning and iteration. Launching your MVP is step one. Step two? Collecting feedback, analysing user interaction, and iterating rapidly to refine your product to better meet market needs. Too many start-ups fall into the launch and leave trap, missing out on leveraging real-world usage insights that could shape their product into something truly market-fit. Remember, your MVP is just the beginning of a conversation with your users – are you listening and evolving? How are you ensuring your MVP evolves based on user feedback? Engage below with your strategies and thoughts.

Can we agree on this, our main goal is to deliver value to our customers so that they buy our products and services which provides us revenue? So that being true, how do we do this best? We can do it through the proper use of minimum viable product MVP but probably not the way you’re doing it and MVP needs a little help from a rat, a rat?, yes a rat. MVP was first coined in 2001 by Frank Robinson and was popularised by Eric Ries in his 2011 book The Lean StartUp. But perhaps most people know it from Henrik Kniberg’s famous MVP picture that went viral almost 10 years ago, ‘Not like this, Like this’. Unfortunately Henrik’s picture has been misunderstood by many and caused people to adopt MVP in completely the wrong way resulting in no value and frankly frustration. People looked at it and thought oh ok so the customer wants a car but we can’t do that quickly so we’ll give them a skateboard first. This led to organisations giving customers a minimum product not a minimum viable product. People get hung up thinking that MVP needs to be a finished product, that is not the case! The whole point of MVP is to learn, it’s an experiment. What you need to do is understand the underlying need of your customers. Remember Henry Ford’s alleged statement, if I’d asked customers what they wanted they’d have said as faster horse. Ford understood his customers need, which wasn’t a faster horse or even a car, it was to get from a to b faster. So, focus on what MVP can do for you, it’s a learning tool. Eric Ries said MVP is the “version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.” The key here is validated learning. The most important thing is to test your assumptions about your product with your customers. Now you might remember Quibi back in 2018, it was a short lived video app competing against YouTube and TikTok. It folded 2 years later in 2020 after spending close to $2b. Its content library was eventually sold to Roku for less than $100m. Forbes said it was a misread of consumer interests while the Wall Street Journal said the spent too much on advertising leaving them nothing left when things got difficult. What Quibi didn’t do was validate their concept prior to launch. This is the true purpose of MVP. To quickly validate the concept before burning millions of dollars. And that’s the key. An MVP is the first thing you should do to make sure that there is a need for this product, that there is demand. Traditional MVP has its benefits but it can sometimes fall short in addressing those critical assumptions. And this is where our rat can help us. Our rat is the Riskiest Assumption Tests better known as RATs. Now RATs has been called the MVP killer. To find out how RATs can help check out the video below. #mvp #rats https://lnkd.in/eyc7QdXx For more content check my YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eKP9TjCa

The fastest way to build an MVP users will love is to launch quickly and iterate. Call it an MVP (Minimum Viable Product), MLP (Lovable), or MUP (Useful), getting it out there fast is key. 🚀 Launch Quickly: Start simple. Focus on solving one real problem. 🔄 Iterate Based on Feedback: Let your users guide you. Collect feedback and improve fast. ❤️ Make It Lovable: Beyond viability, aim for the minimum functionality that users will love. Don’t wait for perfection—launch, learn, and evolve! What’s your approach to launching quickly? #MVP #LaunchFast #LeanStartup

Last week, I almost threw my laptop across the room... 😅 Building products isn't about being perfect—𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥. My biggest lessons? 1. Users don't want fancy features. They want solutions. 2. Your first idea is rarely your best idea. 3. Listening beats talking, every single time. Ever had a moment where a user's random comment completely flipped your product strategy? Please feel free to drop your story below. Let's laugh, learn, and grow together. #ProductDev #StartupLife #productmanagement

Building a Minimum Viable Product is not as easy as people make it sound. It is overwhelming. ↳ Thousands of features. Endless opportunities. ↳ Where do you even start? When I built my first MVP years ago, I spent weeks debating features that didn’t even make it into the final product. Quite overwhelming. Until I focused on solving one core problem for our target users. Here’s how you cut through the noise: 1. Build features that solve key problems, not every need. - Focus on a specific niche. - Don’t adapt to every feedback during early testing. 2. Understand the real problems by talking to users. - Gather user feedback. - Watch how they interact with your product. E.g. Airbnb founders visited hosts’ homes to learn their pain points, such as bad photos or unclear pricing and used those insights to improve the platform. You’re not always going to find that answer. Sometimes users don’t know what they need. Be a visionary. People once rode horses to get around. Instead of making faster horses, Henry Ford built the car—and changed everything. Your MVP should transform the user experience, not just tweak what's already there. Ask yourself: 1/ Does my MVP solve a core problem? 2/ Can it greatly simplify or improve what’s out there? The key is balance: - Listen to feedback, but don’t overbuild. - Solve core problems with simple, scalable features. An MVP isn’t about building everything. It’s about building the right thing. P.S. What’s your go-to strategy for prioritizing features while building an MVP?

Released your first product but not getting any traction? Welcome to the club! You’re probably in the same boat as 99% of products out there. Personally, I think the goal of your first version isn’t to go viral. Success shouldn’t be measured by signups or active users right away. Instead, it’s about collecting as much data as possible. You need to find out if users are even interested, what pain points they’re running into, and why they aren’t using it more. It’s all about getting feedback on your product. The next step? This is where things get real. Instead of jumping to add new features right after launch, focus on that feedback. Dig deep into what your users need and want. Prioritize the changes that will make the biggest difference. I’ve been in situations where a feature that took 30 minutes to build had more impact than one that took weeks. It’s not about how much effort you put in—it’s about the impact it has on the product. In my opinion, the more realistic you are about the first version, the easier it’ll be to handle those early results. Pro tip: If you’re tight on development budget, don’t blow it all on the first version. Save something for additional month or two of development. It’s the second or third iteration that really counts. How do you approach the first version of your product? What’s been your biggest learning so far? #productdevelopment #startupjourney #userfeedback

Core features should spark joy. Nice-to-haves should stay nice-to-haves. I've noticed a pattern in successful products - they're ruthlessly clear about what matters. Everything else is either eliminated or deliberately secondary. The moment you let nice-to-haves creep into your core: - User experience gets muddy - Development slows down - Support costs rise - Onboarding complexity grows - Resources get diluted - Focus drifts from impact Your core should solve one problem exceptionally well. Everything else is a distraction. What's the one core feature you couldn't launch without? #ProductStrategy #StartupLessons #Focus