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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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