You probably are familiar with what a Minimum Viable Product is: the smallest version of something that still works. It is sufficient to test, enough to learn from, and valuable to your customer. You do not gold-plate it or continue to perfect it, at least until you get feedback. It just needs to be above the threshold where it functions. Iterations happen later. I spent a career in technology. Like many in technology, I internalized the discipline behind MVP’s through Eric R

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