I've read the chapter in the book lean startup and again here. I fail to grasp the Minimum viability in that chapter.
Drew built a product with considerable reverse engineering before he got any feedback, tried explaining to the vcs and investors without much luck. It all worked when he created a video.
Where in the mvp in that? May be I am too thick to understand but for me this is a case of retrofitting the story to match your theory.
Dropbox had a great product that people loved with a better video. No, they did not use feedback loop to pivot and all that mvp stuff.
Drew built a product with considerable reverse engineering before he got any feedback, tried explaining to the vcs and investors without much luck. It all worked when he created a video.
Where in the mvp in that? May be I am too thick to understand but for me this is a case of retrofitting the story to match your theory.
Dropbox had a great product that people loved with a better video. No, they did not use feedback loop to pivot and all that mvp stuff.