Finally, someone putting into words what I have felt intuitively ever since the concept of an "MVP" and the obsession around A/B testing came into vogue. The quotes that most resonated with me:
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The MVP concept is often overused to justify low-quality products.
Metrics are treated as precise guides without accounting for interpretation or strategy.
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When I entered the startup world, I mistakenly followed the MVP playbook. We launched too early, misread feedback, and ended up iterating around noise.
What saved the company wasn’t lean methodology. It was building something so good that users couldn’t ignore it.
I’ve hired engineers who were obsessed with quality and passed on candidates with vague “passion.”
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The MVP concept is often overused to justify low-quality products.
Metrics are treated as precise guides without accounting for interpretation or strategy.
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When I entered the startup world, I mistakenly followed the MVP playbook. We launched too early, misread feedback, and ended up iterating around noise. What saved the company wasn’t lean methodology. It was building something so good that users couldn’t ignore it. I’ve hired engineers who were obsessed with quality and passed on candidates with vague “passion.”