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MVP is about risk reduction. If your MVP fails because you didn't hit the right spot, it's a success: You saved a lot of time and money and can look for better
by rmoriz 13y ago
MVP is about risk reduction. If your MVP fails because you didn't hit the right spot, it's a success: You saved a lot of time and money and can look for better opportunities.
- emn13 13y agoI don't think it's easy to distinguish an MVP that failed because there was too much usability friction that discouraged usage from an MVP that didn't hit the right spot. If you get people saying - hey cool! - and then not returning, is your product simply unfinished/unusable, or is it a neat idea that's just not practical?
- rmoriz 13y agoA good presentation does improve sales but imho the value is more important. E.g. if it solves a problem and looks like crap, it's a good enough MVP. A business is not sustainable because of its design, UX or fancy code but because of its value to the customer. A good UX/design/fancy new technology increases the conversion, user experience and what not but it's usually not the key criteria if a business fails or not. We all see the fancy bleeding edge presentations of successful ventures today but we also forgot or never saw the initial MVP that evaluated the idea/customer and served as a foundation for everything later on.