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
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Assent closed a six-figure aerospace contract five months after ideation
“Launch an MVP to the world, do our first webinar, and then close our first six-figure contract in aerospace, like John said”
Matt Whitteker Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 18:38 How to Come up with THREE Ideas | Matt Whitteker, Founder of Assent · PMF Show
Oct 17, 2022 negative
Insight
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…”
Mike Murchison Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 29:27 How to Pivot to Product Market Fit | Mike Murchison, Founder of Ada ($1B+ Valuation) · PMF Show
Mar 8, 2024 neutral
Insight
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.”
Ray Reddy Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 21:39 How to Come up with an Idea | Ray Reddy, Founder of Ritual · PMF Show
Jul 8, 2024 negative
Insight
Encz: Startups replacing systems of record one-to-one shouldn't build an MVP
“I don't think an MVP makes a ton of sense if you are replacing an existing system one to one.”
Benjamin Encz Jul 8, 2024 ▶ 20:44 YC founder raises $3.5M, keeps team to 3 people—then grows 10x to $2M ARR in 1 year. | Benjamin E... · PMF Show
Feb 17, 2025 neutral
Insight
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…”
Chris Ellis Feb 17, 2025 ▶ 37:22 This 1st time founder raised a $38M Series A—after taking over 2 years to launch. | Chris Ellis, ... · PMF Show
May 26, 2025 positive
Insight
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…”
Dax Dasilva May 26, 2025 ▶ 28:43 He didn't raise VC for the first 7 years— then grew to $1B in ARR. | Dax Dasilva, Founder of Ligh... · PMF Show
Aug 14, 2025 positive
Insight
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…”
Ross McNairn Aug 14, 2025 ▶ 21:29 He grew to millions in ARR in 18 months—by fighting with his co-founders on purpose. | Ross McNai... · PMF Show
Aug 18, 2025 positive
Opinion
Lingelbach: AI coding tools eliminated the barrier to building good MVPs
“There's just no barrier anymore to making a good MVP. Like software as a service has never been easier. There's so many AI coding tools. There's so much like engineering talent that's hungry.”
Michael Lingelbach Aug 18, 2025 ▶ 1:05:08 His Video AI app hit $10M+ ARR in Months—with 0 outbound sales. | Michael Lingelbach, Founder of ... · PMF Show
Mar 19, 2026 negative
Insight
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…”
Omar Haroun Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 35:01 How he grew his AI startup from $2M to $20M ARR in 12 months. | Omar Haroun, Co-Founder of Eudia · PMF Show
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