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Somewhere along the way, MVP became shorthand for “let’s just ship something.” Not something thoughtful or usable, just something. The phrase Minimum Viable Product was popularised by Eric Ries in The Lean Startup as a
An idea usually starts as a sentence. “A platform for X”. “A tool that simplifies Y”. “An app that connects A to B”. At that stage, everything feels straightforward. An MVP also sounds straightforward. “Just
