13 October 2020
MVP app. What is it and what are the other validation methods?
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Season 1
MVP myth
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You know stakeholders and the market must embrace the new product. But is the advice on MVP development your team heard factual wisdom or a stretch?
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This season’s guests launched and scaled projects for thousands of end-users. So go ahead and borrow their brain!
Creating a digital product doesn’t start with an idea
To launch a winning MVP, you must overcome your own biases and faulty logic. How do you know if your vision is 20/20? more
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What changes MVP teams from good to great?
The standards they have. With so many practices for delivery or Scrum, you should know which ones make MVP development highly effective. more
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The ultimate battle between sonic speed and Swiss precision
Fast or done well — what’s your philosophy of building MVPs? Learn in which scenarios Heads of Products and CTOs bet on one over the other. more
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When is the weather good for a product launch?
A shaky launch can waste your team’s entire effort that went into MVP production. Shipping software untested for load performance or critical bugs happens quite often. Why? Let’s find out what needs to be done for a product to launch on time and with decent quality. more
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The “I wish I knew” guide to data operations for MVP teams
Data is important. Data is hard. Nobody’s going to argue that. So how do you make sure you set up the right metrics? And how can you navigate your team through the murky waters of data towards success? more
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The wins and fails of MVP creators and what you can learn from them
What if your product fails? That’s a scary question. The risk is real, but you can mitigate it. And even if your project goes through a rough patch - there are ways of handling it. more
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Quote of the day
Sometimes, arguing over details takes more than it’s worth. Digging deeper will only prolong the entire project.
Marek
CTO & Co-Founder of The Software House
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Meet the host
Meet the man who’ll speak your language. Chris is a business enabler from an investment company with a $40M portfolio. He’s curious about how startups and their teams mature, analyzing nearly 200 companies per year and coaching many C-levels on strategy. In some multiverse, Chris is a competitive beard grower and a pro cook.