Plan and Execute an App MVP the Right Way

What is an app MVP?

We’ve all heard the term Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and we know launching an MVP is best practice for app startups. But what actually is an app MVP and how do you go about planning and developing one?

First, here’s the Wikipedia definition:

A minimum viable product (MVP) is a version of a product with just enough features to be usable by early customers who can then provide feedback for future product development.

You can read the full definition here but the above statement sums it up quite nicely.

For a founder, what it all really boils down to is spending less of your budget on building the wrong solution and more on building the right one. This is done by building a basic functional first version of your app for the lowest cost possible, then adding to it (or changing in) based on real user feedback and data.

When you’re thinking about an MVP, you should be thinking about extreme simplicity. Give your very first set of users the most basic, stripped back version of your product as possible. From there, you can gauge whether you are providing them with something of value or not before investing…