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    Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

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    A product with just enough features to gather validated learning about the product and its continued development. (related: perfect is the enemy of good; de-risking; Customer Development, “Get out of the building.”)—Gabriel Weinberg
    Minimum viable product is a process for testing assumptions and making sure there's a need for your idea. The MVP process: - What is my riskiest assumption? - What is the smallest experiment I can do to test this assumption?—Frank Robinson

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    Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
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    Mental models are to your brain as apps are to your smartphone. Just like apps, there are a ton of mental models. They help you make decisions, solve problems and see the world in an entirely new way... they basically make your brain more useful.

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