Funny video of a Minimum Viable Product in action (Wizard of Oz). This is testing your service manually letting the customer believe your solution is automated.
Many chatbots started this way, but probably not the ATMs...
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Wizard of Oz MVP
A 23-second video on the Forward Partners channel shows the principle: the service is delivered by hand while customers believe they are using the finished product.
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.