The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses · chapter 6 · id the-lean-startup-c6-02-an-mvp-is-the-version-of-a-new

“An MVP is the version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. It is not a minimal product -- it is an experiment.”

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Frank Robinson, SyncDev -- Minimum Viable Product (2001)source alive

Frank Robinson coined the term 'Minimum Viable Product' in 2001, defining it as a product with just enough features to gather validated learning. Ries popularized the term but did not originate it.

Blank (2013), Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything, HBRsource alive

The MVP concept is now widely taught in business schools as part of the lean startup methodology, though its practical definition varies wildly across practitioners.

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