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Why Products Should Be “Slick”, Not Just Viable
Why products should be “slick”, not just viableherman.bearblog.dev
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Valuable: If the product isn’t something the customer needs, they won’t buy it. Usable: If the customer can’t figure out how to use it, they won’t use it (even if the value is there). Viable: If it doesn’t make money, the company will shut it down. Feasible: If it isn’t possible for the company to build, it will never get off the ground.
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According to product expert Marty Cagan, in order for a product to be successful, it needs to be valuable for the customer, usable by the customer, viable for the company to support commercially, and feasible for the company to build.1
Michele Hansen • Deploy Empathy: A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers
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Lean entrepreneurship is built around the idea of the minimal viable product. Figure out the simplest useful version of your product, engage with the market, and then improve and repeat. What people miss about this idea is the word viable. No fair shipping junk. It doesn’t help to release something that doesn’t work yet.