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I think the OP might be missing the point of what an MVP is for. It's about trying to achieve the maximal amount of learning and validation with the smallest am

by rexreed 13y ago

I think the OP might be missing the point of what an MVP is for. It's about trying to achieve the maximal amount of learning and validation with the smallest amount of work. It's an efficiency equation, not one about perfecting a small bit of functionality. As such, an MVP could be a presentation, a landing page, a video... those are all valid MVPs. Here's a great article on the subject: http://blog.bizelo.com/blog/2010/09/27/minimum-viable-product-or-minimum-valuable-product/ http://blog.bizelo.com/blog/2010/09/27/minimum-viable-produc... (I just submitted the link on HN a few minutes ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6756166 if you want to discuss that blog post)

robertnealan 13y ago
Agreed entirely. The main point I was trying to make is that while testing MVP fashion is an incredibly useful way of collecting feedback, it's often misappropriate as a way to ship half-baked or poorly thought out products/features. At the end of the day though it's important to note that the people who misappropriate the "MVP" name would likely fail in one way or another regardless.