Re:I got 400 signups with a video of a product that didn’t e...
by IanCal on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:16AM
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> I remember the origins of Dropbox! Are you maybe thinking that anything that becomes a successful product must be considered an MVP?
No, that their initial landing page and video is regularly talked about as an MVP. Here's a 2011 article on it: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/19/dropbox-minimal-viable-pro...
And here's Eric Ries http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/minimum-viable-...
> First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.
> Some caveats right off the bat. MVP, despite the name, is not about creating minimal products
The summary section of that article and the elaboration is correct and the portion you pulled out is just an explanation of a non-normative minority practice. The same goes for the other end that reserves the term for an essentially mature product, although for different reasons, since the minimum to actually put features in the hands of paying users can be debated whereas users cannot use a lack of features.