Fuck it, we’re launching the worlds most basic MVP on medium.
get it here
It’s all Ali Mese’s fault
Once I read the stellar medium post Why I just fucking did it by @alimese the decision was out of my hands. I had to do it. There’s been one too many ideas hidden in the ‘must do’ notebook. One too many URLs bought excitedly and never used. Its time for action, time to get this goddamn idea out and see, actually, if it’s got any legs.
Go on, pitch it then
It’s called Start Up Cards and is a simple way to get clarity on your skunkworks, internal project, pure startup or product feature, and it’s a bit irreverent.
How do you play it?
Get two or more people. One takes Start Up questions One has answers. If the person can’t answer the question (sample: Explain your idea to your mum) that card goes into the talking crap, meh, or pivot pile. If you ace, it goes into the hell yeah! pile. Boom. Start up knowledge nirvana.
There are lots of ways to get the the nub of an idea like MoSCoW, Business Model Canvas, and older methodologies like Sigma which are all pretty useful, but one thing they ain’t is any fun.
Seems to me there is a better way to get clear on what you know and what you don’t about your latest world dominating idea, so why not a simple game to help define it.
What state is it in right now?
Its a PDF. The worlds most basic MVP ™
We’re launching on Medium, the idea is to validate the idea for nought pennies
Why medium?
It’s an easy platform to write on, has a switched-on audience who interact regularly and we’ll hopefully get some feedback on whether it’s good, bad or ugly.
What the hell do you want from me?
Well, any feedback would be ace. An early bird spot on the forthcoming Start Up Cards Kickstarter campaign is guaranteed.
Where you at?
Give us a shout on startupcards@gmail.com or over at @startup_cards for any questions, thoughts, comments or angry letters. Our current home is startupcards.strikingly.com (Write out ‘I Must not pay for URLs before validation’ 100 times it helps a lot)
Anything else I should know?
Yes. Ireland is the wettest country in the world. Not necessarily a fact, but true nonetheless.
