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Hey there 👋
I know what you're thinking—another lecture about building an ? Well, yes and no.
You've probably been there. You start building an app with a simple idea.
Maybe it's a task manager, a note-taking app, or a tool to solve a problem you face daily.
You open your code editor, excited and ready to change the world.
But then... feature creep happens.
Fast forward three months, and you have an app that's 90% done but somehow still not ready to launch.
Sound familiar?
James had a brilliant idea for a project management tool specifically for freelancers.
He spent six months building it, adding every feature she could think of:
because why not?.
The result?
A bloated app that was for two years.
He never launched it because there was always "just one more feature " to add.
🙅♂️ Don't be James.
Here's the thing about MVPs—they're not what most developers think they are.
An MVP is not:
An MVP is:
Think of it this way:
If your final product is a , your MVP isn't a car without wheels.
It's a —simple, functional, & gets you from point A to point B.
"A minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." – Eric Ries
Let me share some hard truths about why can make or break your SaaS journey:
Building without direction is exhausting.
When you have a clear , you know exactly what you're building and when you'll be done.
No more endless feature lists that make you feel like you're running on a treadmill.
The market is the of your ideas.
You can spend months perfecting a feature that users don't even want.
An MVP gets your product in front of real users quickly.
I've seen countless developers who never launch because their app isn't yet.
Here's the secret: It will never be perfect. Ship early, iterate based on feedback.
You think users want feature X, but do they really?
Your MVP will tell you what users actually value, not what you assume they want.
This is where most developers get stuck.
You have a million ideas, but what's the ONE thing that matters most?
Here's how to find your core value:
Complete this sentence:
"My app helps to by ."
Calendly :
"My app helps professionals to schedule meetings by letting others book available time slots."
Notion :
"My app helps teams to organize information by combining notes, databases, and collaboration in one workspace."
Stripe :
"My app helps businesses to accept payments by providing simple, developer-friendly payment processing."
List every feature you want to build, then ask "So what?" for each one.
Feature: "User profiles with avatars"
If you can't connect a feature to user value in 2-3 "So what?" steps, it's probably not MVP material.
If you had to build something users could get value from this weekend, what would it be?
That's probably your core value.
Let's get practical. Here are two simple frameworks you can use right now:
Rate each feature from 1-10 on:
Multiply the scores.
Example:
User authentication : Impact (10) × Confidence (9) × Ease (7) =
Dark mode : Impact (3) × Confidence (8) × Ease (6) =
Focus on the features first.
Let's look at how some successful companies started simple:
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A simple website with photos of air mattresses in their apartment during a design conference. No fancy booking system, no reviews, no host verification.
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"Rent out your spare room to travelers"
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A 4-minute demo video showing files syncing across devices. They didn't even build the full product first—they validated demand with a video.
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"Access your files from anywhere"
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A simple status-sharing tool where you could post what you were doing. No retweets, no likes, no trending topics.
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"Share short updates with friends"
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A simple issue tracker with great performance and clean design. No project management, no time tracking, no fancy charts.
:
"Track and organize development tasks efficiently"
Each of these companies could have built a million features.
Instead, they focused on one thing and did it really well.
Alright, let's get you from definition in the next 30 minutes:
Write down every feature, integration, and capability you've thought of for your app.
Don't filter—just dump everything onto paper or a document.
Use the one-sentence test from earlier.
What's the main job your app does for users?
Go through your brain dump and categorize each item:
Look at your list.
If it has more than 3-5 items, you're probably overcomplicating things.
Ask yourself:
"What's the absolute minimum someone needs to get value from this?"
Pick a date 2-4 weeks from now. Write it down.
This is when you'll ship your MVP, no matter what.
Here are the traps I see developers fall into repeatedly:
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Spending three weeks building a robust notification system for an app with no users yet.
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Use simple solutions first.
Send emails instead of push notifications. Use a basic database instead of a complex microservices architecture.
:
Users will definitely want to export their data to 15 different formats.
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Build for real problems you or people you know actually have. If it's not based on a real user conversation, it's probably not MVP material.
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Spending two weeks perfecting the perfect shade of blue for your buttons.
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Use a UI library like shadcn/ui or Tailwind components. Focus on functionality first, aesthetics second.
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I need to build this perfectly scalable from day one.
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Your MVP doesn't need to handle a million users. Build for your first 100 users, then refactor as you grow,
These quick mental shifts will save you tons of time:
🚀 Your MVP is Just the Start
Instagram started as a check-in app. You can (and should) evolve.
⚡ Launch Fast, Learn Faster
Real feedback beats endless building. 10 users > 100 solo hours.
💔 Done > Perfect
You’ll cringe at your first version—and that’s a good sign. Launch anyway.
🎯 Perfect Can Wait
Your MVP needs to work, not wow. Useful > flawless.
"If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." – Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn founder.
Here's what you're going to do after reading this lesson:
Now it's your turn to break the cycle of endless feature building.
Remember, every started with an imperfect first version that solved one problem really well.
Your users don't care about your perfect architecture or that fancy animation you spent days on.
They care about whether your app solves their problem better than their current solution.
So here's my challenge for you:
Define your MVP today, start building tomorrow, and commit to shipping something real in the next 4 weeks.
The world doesn't need another perfect app that never launches.
It needs your that actually helps people.
Stop building. Start shipping. 🚀
Ready to build your first MVP? Let's move on to the next lesson where we'll cover how to rapidly prototype your core features.
See ya 👋
