Building your MVP leaner

Not every product idea needs to be built from scratch!
Use existing tools, platforms and services to hack a product together and test your hypothesis.
Want to build a crowd sourced comparison engine, start with Facebook polls and google forms!
Want to build events listing website, start with google calendar!

Lean is good, learn how to get leaner. This starts with identifying the "real" problem and crafting out clear hypothesis statements.
The goal of building lean prototypes is to test the viability of your solution. It is not about engagement or experience design, primarily. A good product is one that solves a valid problem and is a sustainable business.

Learn how to identify the correct problems, craft clear hypothesis statements and how to use existing tools and services to hack your MVP without spending effort on developing and designing.

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1. HELLO! I’M MOHAMMED I’m a product & UX designer
2. BUILDING A LEAN MVP How to get traction on a product idea without a product?
3. But before we talk about building Lean MVPs, lets talk about something more fundamental Are you asking the right question? Finding the right problem to solve?
4. The most important aspect of a product\service is that it should solve a problem All users care about that your product works and it solves their problem
5. JOBS TO BE DONE Emotional Functional Social by Clayton Christensen
6. THE MILKSHAKE EXAMPLE
7. BUILDING A LEAN MVP • using a static website • using existing tools & platforms • email • blog • Facebook\twitter • doing it manually
8. FANDEAVOR Fandeavor offers game day experiences Used static website + Facebook + manual effort
9. MOVELINE Moveline aggregates quotes from moving companies Used a static website + manual effort + spreadsheets + Facetime
10. SUNRISE Sunrise is a free app made for Google calendar & Facebook events Used emails only
11. GROUPON Do I need to tell you what Groupon does? ;) Started off as a Blog
12. WHY LEAN MVP? • Fastest way to find out product market fit • Easy to pivot • You will clearly understand what to automate • You can really wow your customers. Think personalization • Helps you focus on the problem, not the solution
13. People don’t want a quarter inch drill, they wan’t a quarter inch hole
14. Disclaimer! this isn’t possible for every product, but a lot of web business ideas can be built initially using above techniques ;)
15. •Clayton Christensen •Andrew Chen •Tom Chi •Eric Ries PEOPLE WHO’VE INSPIRED ME
16. THANK YOU :)
17. mohammedsp.me@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mmadsp