Hindsight: The pre-MVP MVP (Part 1: Starting from something)

Jenny Cox
Jenny Cox
Sep 8, 2018 · 3 min read

Before you get to a minimum viable product there is work to be done. When deciding whether to start a business, disrupt a paradigm, fund a venture, join a company, green-light an initiative, build a product, advise an organization, ask yourself: does the proposition in question pass your MVP screen?

Mission: What is the mission of the company/initiative/product?

  • What problem does it solve?
  • For whom?

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