1. Introduction
The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) can provide customers with a prototype, explanation, or even a basic version of your product that allows you to learn a great deal about the customer fit as well as what your next steps are with product development.
2. Reading
1. A PowerPoint showing the variety of MVPs that an entrepreneur can consider.
2. A reading describing some examples of companies engineering successful MVPs.
3. Appendix with a growing list of interesting Explainer Videos
3.1 Dollar Shave Club - Hilarious and compelling.
3.2 Pinterest - A great example of an animation explainer video
3.3 ScaleArc iDB - Example of using animation to explain an otherwise difficult to understand technical concept
3.4 Tonx Coffee - Tells a nice story of how fresh roasted coffee beans delivered to your door makes for a great start to the day
3. Video
This video covers the PPT presentation on MVP.
4. Assignment
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- Check with your instructor to see if there is a specific MVP type assigned.
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- If there is not an assigned MVP type, then decide on your MVP and construct it. Remember, it may be a PPT, Video, Survey Form from which you provide analysis on the back end, all the way to a simple prototype created by one of your engineering associates.
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- Mark this lesson as complete.
5. Summary
In this lesson your familiarized yourself with the MVP concept and built your MVP.