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Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR

TechCrunch

But, one of the greatest challenges we were able to avoid was starting with a finished product. We decided before even coming up with a name, that the most important thing would be to start with a minimum viable product (MVP). In other words, the bare minimum required for someone to use it and get value out of it.

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Video of @GeoffreyaMoore on “Crossing the Chasm” In An Age of Big Data Analytics

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This video from Strata 2014 gives a very fast/succinct articulation of key ideas from Crossing the Chasm, a model introduced in the early 1990′s. Commit to provide the “whole product” to these pragmatists in need. But think now how things have changed in the age of the lean startup and the minimum viable product.

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How to Run Product Discovery: Process, Frameworks, and Best Practices

Altexsoft

It was the year 2014, when Amazon launched a classy device operating on heavily customized Android. Just a quick note: September 2014 is the release date of iPhone 6, the smartphone market wasn’t that young. Those working in software engineering or product management should be familiar with the concept of MVP.

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Why and How you Should Integrate UX in Product Development

UruIT

Back in 2014, the industry size was $63.19 As Seth Godin says: Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers. The easiest way to create a product that users love is to ask for their honest opinion. billion, which means that the market has more than doubled in just six years. .

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Product Life Cycle: How to Extend Your Product Market Presence

Altexsoft

Minimum Viable Product. Statistics show that 42 percent of startups fail because they don’t solve the product-market fit. Building a Minimum Viable Product helps avoid this problem by testing the product and tweaking it iteratively.

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Why and How you Should Integrate UX in Product Development

UruIT

Back in 2014, the industry size was $63.19 As Seth Godin says: Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers. The easiest way to create a product that users love is to ask for their honest opinion. billion, which means that the market has more than doubled in just six years. .

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A Complete Guide to User Story Mapping: Process, Tips, Advantages, and Use Cases in Product Management

Altexsoft

Further, the map helps depict all the additional details about the product and communicate this information across the team. Source: Patton, J & Economy, P, 2014, User Story Mapping book. As a technique, story mapping fits well to solve the following problems: Outlining Minimum Viable Product.