Test your business idea: an overview of MVP types

Do you have a business idea in mind? Developing a first version with its core functionalities will help you test it, get user feedback, and save time and money. For this, you will need a Minimum Viable Product.?

Having a #minimumviableproduct allows you to enter the learning loop as soon as possible. This will help you to adapt the product to the user feedback.

An MVP development has to be focused on testing and validation. It helps to get all the insights needed to develop a more accurate digital product and to guide the business path.?

When starting to work with an early-stage startup on their new product, this is the first thing to tackle. And to accomplish this, there are different kinds of MVP that will help us validate the idea before developing a more complex tech product. Let’s have a look at them!

? Landing Page MVP (without software development):

This type of site aims for interaction. You will ask your target users to leave their data or feedback in exchange for something as priority access when the product/service is available or a discount. It is useful to create a database and get valuable insights for future iterations.?

? Without software development

A way of testing the product in a beginning phase with a focus on how the target customer behaves. Founders interact directly with their clients. For example, if you don't have a vast database to work with a machine learning algorithm, you can do the job manually.

You will have few users, as it would be impossible for you to do this on a large scale, but you will learn a lot from them.?

? Fake software

The product maintains the magic for the user, but you're replacing software development with human effort.

For example, once the user has made a request, we'll tell them we'll come back soon with the answer. During that time, you do the research manually, taking every variable the user has entered into account. After obtaining the results, you send them a message in a style that looks "automated".

? Step-by-step MVP

This MVP is built by taking advantage of existing third-party tools. In some cases, you can even combine several apps to get the result you want. This is only an initial validation, and the user experience will not be the best.?

? Single featured Product

There are cases in which there is a lot of innovation, and there is no better way to test it than with development: creating a product that targets a specific problem, in its smallest version, with only the key features we want to try at first stages.

?? Which #MVP do you think is more useful? Have you tried any of them? Is there another one you would like to suggest? Let us know in the comments!

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