Rethinking the startup MVP: Building a competitive product | Linear

“Instead of finding the product through discovery and iteration the goal is to reverse engineer the vision,” he explains. “If you take an incremental, discovery-led approach, then you might find yourself with product-market fit in a local maximum, building a company that you don’t want to lead.”

MVPs are often okay but not great products, and okay product lose in mature markets . Building a mobile app now is different than in 2010 when apps were brand new — today, your customers expect strong design and polish, and you are likely competing against a large number of pre-existing apps. Contrast this to the earliest days of mobile apps, when ... See more

That the elements of a new product you launch have more gravity than you think. I’ve had dozens of debates about what an MVP should and shouldn’t include. The argument to “just get something out there and start learning” is flawed in two critical ways: (1) You’ll burn early adopters fast if you don’t polish the few things that distinguish your prod... See more