Launch fast. Without building something you'll have to throw away in six months.
Launch fast. Without building something you'll have to throw away in six months.
The smallest serious version of your product, to validate your market without creating a technical dead end.
Your MVP doesn't need to do everything.
Your MVP doesn't need to do everything.
But what it does needs to be built correctly.
An MVP isn't the cheapest possible version. It's the smallest serious version that lets you validate the market, without creating technical debt that forces a rebuild six months later.
The difference lies in scope, not execution quality. We deliberately narrow what gets built down to the strict minimum needed to test your business hypothesis, but everything we do build is held to the same standard as a mature product, not built with shortcuts you'll have to undo later.
POC, prototype, throwaway MVP, or lasting first version
POC, prototype, throwaway MVP, or lasting first version
Four approaches, only one is built to last.
These four approaches often start from the same initial need, but they don't end up in the same place six months later. The choice you make at the start determines whether your first success becomes a solid foundation or an urgent problem to fix.