What are the different types of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs)? 🌱

by Upsilon

Startups can opt for various tactics to validate assumptions and test product demand. In fact, there are multiple low-fidelity MVPs that aren’t actually minimum viable products in a traditional sense. I.e., landing pages, fake doors, prototypes, and video demos can serve as a tool for checking user interest and the overall need for such a product without even developing a real product version 😲

But how about the high-fidelity MVPs? Interestingly, various kinds of MVPs have been around for a while, including:

🟣 Concierge MVP: this type of MVP involves providing a service that is operated manually by a human being. This is what Food on the Table used when the founder manually made collections of coupons for clients, and they were aware of this personalized human-made approach.

🟣 Wizard of Oz MVP: this MVP type gives off the impression of being automated, but all the processes are handled by a person. This is what Zappos did when the founder shipped each pair of shoes by mail as if they were in stock, and the customers didn’t know that.

🟣 Piecemeal MVP: in this case, entrepreneurs just use drag-and-drop builders or some no-code tools that allow them to quickly release a product to test demand.

Surely, there are many more loopholes when it comes to building MVPs. Browse this piece to learn more about various MVP types 👇

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