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Rieks Visser's avatar

Lenny's podcast had an interview with Eric Ries not long ago. They discussed one of the common challenges: what exactly is minimal. Ofc. "It depends" and it gets more difficult depending on stakeholders. But what I really took away is to break that "what is minimal enough" cycle, you just go with the smallest. If you don't know what minimal is in your case, do the "minimallest", and learn from that. Saved me from a number of endlessly circling talks.

Sparked by Ries saying: "the problem with most MVPs is you often don't really know what minimal, viable and the exact product is up front. Best to start smaller then. (paraphrasing)

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Sean Corfield's avatar

Do you have an alternative name/acronym for the sort of misused MVP that is the startup's first "minimal" public-to-users "prototype" that seems so common?

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