Hypothesis – “MVP in 2 Weeks”

1 pointsnams3y ago1 comments

I have tried out few ideas till now. Each of them have taken me at-least 3 months to come to conclusion that this would not work. I have always know that MVPs are the best way to validate an idea but I think 3 months is too long a time frame for validating an idea.

So I have a hypothesis - "Every startup's main value proposition can be tested in 2 weeks by a smartly designed MVP".

Am I right about this? If majority of you say yes, I will spend my brain next time to figure out the best way to design a MVP but till now I have not been sure so I end up spending a lot more than that.

Do suggest good ideas to create MVPs with examples. Few which I know are - 1. Landing Pages with wait-list (Dropbox, Robinhood) 2. Communities (Sharechat) 3. No-Code prototypes 4. Figma Prototypes

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HelloNurse3y ago

You can certainly improve your speed at developing your product ideas, from a napkin to a prototype in front of testers, for example by adopting familiar technology instead of spending time to select unfamiliar technology and wasting time with the mistakes you make learning it.

However, your productivity isn't particularly correlated with the time you need to "validate an idea", which consists largely of reaching people and make them try your product, waiting for their feedback, and accumulating enough feedback to form a meaningful opinion.

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