minimum viable product
also referred to as: mvp
9 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2022 by Matt Whitteker · across every show →
Everything said about minimum viable product, oldest first
Sep 1, 2022 positive
Oct 17, 2022 negative
Murchison: Writing software is rarely the fastest way to learn
“Writing software is the fastest way to learn, but in my view, it actually rarely is. It can be, but it rare, it rarely is. So I think we've conflated progress. We've conflated like developing an MVP with progress or rapid progress. Those are two very, very dif…”
Mar 8, 2024 neutral
Reddy: The true minimum bar for an MVP is surprisingly low
“And I think for a lot of people, there's just a very big disconnect between what they view as like the minimum bar of a product and what the real minimum bar is. And the real minimum bar is like way, way, way, way, way lower than your brain tells you it is.”
Jul 8, 2024 negative
Feb 17, 2025 neutral
Ellis: Healthcare Startups Require a Higher MVP Bar Due to Patient Risk
“I think the bar for an MVP in healthcare is also a little bit higher. Because this is people's like large sums of money. This is people's health that we're talking about. Like the cost of messing up is someone can't see their doctor or have an appointment or g…”
May 26, 2025 positive
Only write a business plan after validating early willingness to pay
“Once you have established that you have with your MVP or your, yeah, with your MVP or your early beta, you have early indications that people are gonna pay for this. And will convert off of, you know, a trial, and what they, what they're willing to pay, then y…”
Aug 14, 2025 positive
McNairn: A startup's initial launch speed predicts its future iteration pace
“The way that you start, your first iteration is super important because it is you, it's a good heuristic for iteration two, three, four, five. And I don't know many businesses that take 12 months to get to V one and then do V two, three, four a week or two aft…”
Aug 18, 2025 positive
Mar 19, 2026 negative
Haroun: Traditional MVP methodology is obsolete in the GenAI era
“All the conventional wisdom of, like, build an MVP, start really small. Like, none of that makes sense anymore when we can all build so quickly now with Gen AI. It's more of a race. Who can actually build something useful the fastest as opposed to like startin…”