You should build your MVP in no more than 3 weeks

Just recently, we have started a journey of helping founders create and roll out MVP of their products in just 3 weeks. Obviously, for some it may sound that 3 weeks to get a product up and running and start testing might sound like a reckless try to get something out and call it an MVP - so let’s try to explain why we found this approach to be a good idea. And why, in the end, it provides value for us and our clients.

Scope down - find a single point where you can deliver value and get it in front of users. Usually, it has to be niche enough so you can find your end users easily and ask them to test. It’s always tempting to push the release till you add another feature, till you make the design perfect, till you give more value… but usually, solving a single problem intuitively for a user, and addressing a specific pain point, will give you enough room to start building on it and expanding.

Get hands-on with asking for feedback - and don’t be afraid to do that frequently. If you don’t have something to ask for feedback about, you will never learn about user behavior and won’t be able to gather enough data in which direction to pivot.

Initiate momentum - what comes into motion, stays in motion. Once the first feature is out, you focus on the second. Set up multiple hypotheses so you can start on the next one right after. While you gather info from the first experiment, the second one can be built, and in that period

Lesser variables, more chance to figure out what moves the needle - if you have a Swiss knife, it’s fairly hard to figure out what is the most valuable point of your product. Changing a single variable and seeing a difference in the data will give you more insight into the direction. Why build a Swiss knife, when your clients will use it to peel an apple?

Direct your focus - having a 3-week timespan to focus on how to solve a single problem best will give you more space to make the work actually meaningful.

Be cost-efficient - don’t get locked up into processes that will cost you both time and money. Time to market is the key, and in most cases, you don’t need something super complex to test an assumption - which is what an MVP essentially is. Think about how to make a complex automated process manual for some time if you have to.

Once you have the product out and know what works, then double down on it, perfect it, deliver more value to users, and iterate on it. If there is a high level of technical complexity behind it, it’s okay for it to take some time to be implemented, but only after you have validated that there is a product-market fit for it.

In pair with that, treat every next feature that you don’t have empirical proof to work as an MVP, and never spend more than 3 weeks implementing it and getting it in front of users.

We are working with founders on building an MVP in just 3 weeks for a flat fee! We help you with scoping down the MVP, setting up the right hypothesis, and building a product to test it out. Hit us up if want to chat about your product idea and see how we can help here: https://calendly.com/tridentmvp/trident-mvp-free-consultation?month=2024-02

We are helping them scope the MVP, build it in the shortest time possible, and set them up for success! Sometimes, their messages are the best proof of the dedication and effort we put into it!