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minimum viable product

also referred to as: minimum viable products · mvp

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 17, 2015 by Will Sachs · across every show →

Everything said about minimum viable product, oldest first

Jul 17, 2015
Insight
Sacks: Defining MVP viability is the hardest part of Lean Startup
“Yeah, I mean, the V, the, in MVP, viable. Like, that's the hard one, because how do you know what's viable? Maybe something, maybe what you think is your MVP is not, not quite viable. Like, it needs just a little bit more polish in order to be viable, and then…”
Will Sachs Jul 17, 2015 ▶ 18:52 Founders Friday 004: Life As A Non-Technical Co-Founder with Will Sacks, The Fertility King @ Kindara
Oct 5, 2018
Insight
Vechery: Digital health startups cannot release traditional MVPs with error rates
“When you're innovating in the digital health and health space, There's no room for a 10% error. There's not even room for an error that would impact one customer”
Afton Vechery Oct 5, 2018 ▶ 14:47 20VC: Why Entrepreneurs Should Let Everyone Rip Apart Their Business Idea, How To Construct Frameworks for Success & Why You Should Not Always Test Your MVP with Afton Vechery, Founder & CEO @ Modern Fertility
Sep 9, 2019 negative
Insight
Simple MVPs no longer work in crowded software categories
“The bar has moved, you know, dramatically higher. You can't just launch with that very simple, rough nugget of value because you're competing against 15 other things that look roughly like you, users have tried a bunch of them.”
Ilya Sukhar Sep 9, 2019 ▶ 13:51 20VC: Matrix's Ilya Sukhar on How The Seed Ecosystem Could Be Optimised, Why The Bar For The Break-Out Series A Has Risen & The Art of Effective Referencing
Feb 5, 2025 negative
Insight
Levchin: Treating unrefined MVPs as permanent software generates garbage
“The idea of finding out of the idea was really important, but if you believe that ideas speak for themselves so much that it can be garbage, you will end up with a collection of garbage and generation of garbage software. And I think you just have to know when…”
Max Levchin Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 30:55 Max Levchin, Founder & CEO @ Affirm:The Biggest Surprise Scaling to $18.7BN Market Cap · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 29, 2025
Insight
James: Startups cannot build an MVP for a breadth-first strategy
“The thing that I learned from it is You can't do an MVP for a breadth first approach.”
Jason James Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 15:14 20Product: Why Most CPOs are Bad | Why You Do Not Need PMs in a World of AI | Why the Design Stage is Dead and How to Use Vibe Coding to Replace It | The Three Roles All Founders End Up Firing on Repeat with Jason James @ Tezi
Nov 14, 2025 negative
Opinion
Rivera: Startups are over-utilizing MVPs and learning nothing real
“I also do find that companies are, like, over MVP-ing products today, and being lean to the point where you're no longer learning anything that's real.”
Carl Rivera Nov 14, 2025 ▶ 7:45 20Product: How AI Changes Product Design | Does the Design Phase Become Irrelevant in a World of Vibe Coding | The Five Pillars of Truly Great Product Design with Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer at Shopify
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