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Great article defining an MVP in detail from Ben Yoskovitz. Also gives a solid argument against the "L" of my SLC (https://lnkd.in/g9yRi9-B).

There’s Nothing Wrong with MVPs

There’s Nothing Wrong with MVPs

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I agree that MVPs are still viable - necessary, even. The article focuses on the definition of an MVP, the history or the mangling of the term, and the many variations. It didn’t address why. I think this happened for a couple reasons: 1. People want to put their personal stamp on things so we get all these funny named variations. 2. There’s not a clear understanding of the difference between “spikes” and MVPs 3. People often fail to properly understand the dance between “minimum” and “viable” Ok, maybe a 4th… it’s impossible to separate the idea of MVP from Steve Blank’s customer discovery framework. So few people who use the term MVP even know who Steve Blank is - let alone have read his work. I think Ben is onto something…

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