Potential MVP's

[Sammeeey]

Potential MVP ideas

potential (pre-product-)tests for assumptions/hypotheses

"Every signup is a quantitative validation which can be turned into qualitative analysis by talking to customers""
-- Eric Ries

spreadsheet

• collect data from own mind -> publish in public spreadsheet -> amended by interested people (Pieter Levels)
  • first interested people already involved

video

• simulate experience of product in video
  • fake product functionality/experience (dropbox MVP video 1, dropbox MVP video 2)

other

• put prototype (of expensive product) to sale to get initial customers

actual prototype/code

• minimal version of product which provides most of the core functionality

(Google) Form(?)

• collect some basic data & user interest
  • maybe accessed through landing page

Slack/Discord community

1. gather like-minded people
2. provide opportunity for exchange on certain topic
3. use ideas, expressed needs and problems as inspiration to solve respective problems

How to test ideas practically and quickly?

TL;DR

• Tweet an idea a day for 1 week
• Build a 2-week MVP
• Sell pre-orders
• Share it everywhere
• Get your first customer

This is the fastest, and least risky way to get your first customer!

— Sam Shore (@samjshore) April 25, 2022

1. find (more than one) idea and validate it basically - by communicating it towards potential target group and find a hand full of convinced people
2. build an MVP quickly
3. make list of potential pro features. Sell pre-orders using service like stripe or Gumroad - double price afterwards
4. share MVP everywhere (Twitter, Reddit, Linkedin, Producthunt, Hackernews, IndieHackers, Betalist(?), ...)
5. get first customer - early! Otherwise fail early and start over with the next idea! Embrace the LEAN cycle

Pretend by screenshot

2/ Testing your idea in 1min ⏱

This is the MVP of MVP

Step 1: subscribe to relevant FB/LI groups

Step 2: find a screenshot of a UI that could be your product

Step 3: Ask "We built this homemade tool that solves X at our company, we considered sharing it, anyone interested?" pic.twitter.com/MKY68rOtfS

— Pierre de Wulf (@PierreDeWulf) November 20, 2020

Present and ask on Reddit

• may also work on other open platforms where you can easily reach lot's of people without much outreach (preferably of certain target group)
  • further potential platforms: Facebook groups, target groups forum, ...

Before writing a single line of code go ask reddit how they are solving the problem you are trying to solve! ,

Why you ask? 🤔

- Validation that the problem exists ✅
- Market Research (tools that peeps are using) 🔬
- Save ours of coding on potential wrong features 💻

— Tiago - Wannabe Entrepreneur 🎙️ (@wbepodcast) May 9, 2022

launch pre-registration on gumroad

example: Minh-Phuc's 'nbudle' launch