‘Minimum viable product’ can’t just be cheaper; it has to be smarter
An MVP is not a Cheaper Product, It's about Smart Learning
Steve Blank: a minimum viable product is not always a smaller, cheaper version of the final product. With a startup planning to fly drones with hyperspectral cameras over farms, he shows how defining the goal of the MVP, what you need to learn, can save a great deal of time and money.
Franck Debane helps large companies build new ventures with Forward Partners: about a hundred programmes in more than 50 companies since 2012. He wrote Passez en mode startup (Eyrolles, 2021) and organises the Lead Innovation Day.
Short essays by email for people who launch new ventures inside large companies: testing ideas with customers, winning over leadership, using AI without the hype. Plus first invitations to Lead Innovation Day.