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Published July 20, 2022

Moving Beyond an MVP

You launched your Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

You now have a product with enough features that’s usable by early customers who can validate assumptions and provide feedback.

What happens next?

Here are a few shifts in focus as you move beyond your MVP:

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) ➡️ Minimum Lovable Product (MLP)

Limited budget ➡️ Dedicated funding

Needs & pain points ➡️ Wants with emotional appeal

Core features ➡️ Nice-to-have features

Reduced friction ➡️ User experience & product design

Early adopters ➡️ Broader appeal

Customer feedback ➡️ Product enhancements

Validation ➡️ Unique selling proposition

Attractive pricing ➡️ Optimal pricing

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What other areas would you focus on as you move beyond an MVP? Let me know below.

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Published July 18, 2022

What is an MVP?

Imagine building a product for a year.

Then customers don’t buy it when it launches.

Why?

The product doesn’t meet the customer’s needs or solve their problem.

Despite the time, resources, effort spent…

How do product managers avoid this?

By creating a minimum viable product (MVP).

An MVP has just enough features to be usable by customers who provide feedback for future product development.

It helps establish product-market fit quickly.

Here are some benefits of an MVP:

✅️ Maximizes validated learning about the customer’s needs

✅️ Minimizes the time, resources and effort expended

Example: The customer needs a solution to go hiking every weekend.

Start small with a viable solution.

Minimal features, yet it solves the customer’s needs.

Sandals can be an MVP.

Then the next release can be hiking sandals, followed by hiking shoes, then hiking boots.

With each prototype delivered in each stage, product managers learn which features the customer finds valuable.

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How have you used an MVP and what did you learn? Let me know in the comments.

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Published July 13, 2022

How to transition into a new role

“What suggestions do you have for me since I’m new?”

This is a common question.

Being new can be overwhelming.

Where do you start?

Especially when you don’t know what you don’t know?

It helps to have a clear path to fast-track the transition into a new role.

Here’s what I’ve seen work and the guidance I’ve provided as a mentor:

👉🏾 Learn about the new work environment – Gather information and be open

👉🏾 Learn about your new role – What will you be expected to do?

👉🏾 Make connections – Set up chats to meet your new colleagues

👉🏾 Expand your network – Ask them to connect you to others

👉🏾 Offer to help – Learn new skills that can be applied forward

👉🏾 Get organized – Take notes and use tools to manage your time

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What would you add to this list to help a newcomer succeed? I would love to know below!

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Published July 9, 2022

People want Mentorship but Few Have a Mentor

People want advice and support from a mentor.

76% of people think mentors are important according to Forbes.

But there’s a problem…

Only 37% of professionals have a mentor.

Most are missing out on these mentorship opportunities:

✅️ Someone trusted and experienced to bounce ideas off
✅️ Someone to discuss challenges with
✅️ Access to someone experienced in a new field
✅️ Someone who has been in the same or similar roles
✅️ Someone to problem solve and brainstorm with
✅️ Access to expertise one doesn’t currently have

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How can this gap be bridged? Let me know below.

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