I'm giving up on business. Here's why

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Post by bradcypert » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 5:02 AM UTC

I'm giving up on business. Here's why
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Re: I'm giving up on business. Here's why

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Post by hyperpallium » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 6:12 AM UTC

MVP/idea-validation is for ideas that require a lot of investment before they are any use - needing, say, manufacturing, R&D, partners. But many, many ideas, especially software, can start really small, and be of real use immediately.

Richard Dawkins has this nice chapter called "do good by stealth", which is about how complex features like eyes and orchids can evolve in small increments, each step giving a survival advantage... ie being useful.

Some would argue timebeard.com is a MVP, and you got data. Some would say it's version 0.1. It's both.

Re: I'm giving up on business. Here's why

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Post by bradcypert » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 11:06 PM UTC

hyperpallium wrote: post #2

MVP/idea-validation is for ideas that require a lot of investment before they are any use - needing, say, manufacturing, R&D, partners. But many, many ideas, especially software, can start really small, and be of real use immediately. Richard Dawkins has this nice chapter called "do good by stealth" , which is about how complex features like eyes and orchids can evolve in small increments, each step giving a survival…

I completely agree with you! I didn't call it an MVP until release, I always referred to it as "Version 1", but in reality, they're both the same thing.