Ask HN: What is minimum viable product?

7 pointspyeu6y ago5 comments

Share your thoughts on finding and executing viable ideas.

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x0hm6y ago

It's the minimum set of requirements to have a fully functional, usable product.

The MVP has to be customer-ready, so it has to be as minimally feature-complete as possible.

It's the minimal setup that allows you to test a hypothesis about a proposed product or an existing product's next iteration.

duiker1016y ago

Whatever works that demonstrates an idea of something that can be achieved.

ocdtrekkie6y ago

I would argue the MVP is what you can sell to customers. And if your business is going to succeed, your MVP arguably needs to be something that is not just good enough to sell to customers, but which customers will come back for more when you're ready to launch the next thing.

perfect_loop6y ago

It's usually the product with the smallest set of features that can show whether there is going to be traction with the offering.

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