Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#1

Post by HowDoesItWork » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 9:31 AM UTC

I have a rough idea about a product finder website I want to build as a side project, but I don't really know how to measure market interest.

I heard about strategies that include building a nonfunctional landing page and running a Google ad campaign for that, but I would like to learn about other options.

Are there any good resources on this topic?

Re: Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#2

Post by DogRunner » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 9:50 AM UTC

A great writeup is the No-BS Approach by Clifford Oravec. It's a splitted in 4 major parts. Check out https://medium.com/@cliffordoravec/the-epic-guide-to-bootstr...

Re: Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#3

Post by luzia19 » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 10:17 AM UTC

you should do as much customer research as possible and describe a solution for their common problems before building an MVP to validate it

Re: Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#4

Post by HowDoesItWork » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 11:50 AM UTC

DogRunner wrote: post #2

A great writeup is the No-BS Approach by Clifford Oravec. It's a splitted in 4 major parts. Check out https://medium.com/@cliffordoravec/the-epic-guide-to-bootstr...

Thanks, I will check it out!

Re: Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#5

Post by brudgers » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 2:37 PM UTC

I'd suggest this resource: https://blog.ycombinator.com/minimum-viable-product-process/

Re: Ask HN: What should I do before building a MVP?

#6

Post by HowDoesItWork » Mon, Jan 09, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #5

I'd suggest this resource: https://blog.ycombinator.com/minimum-viable-product-process/

Didn't know about this one, thanks!