The Software Development MVP Approach That Actually Saves Startups Money
Here's a number worth sitting with: most failed startups didn't run out of money because the idea was bad. They ran out because they spent it building the wrong version of a good idea. Software development MVP done right isn't about spending less. It's about spending in the right order, so the money that does go out the door actually buys you an answer, not just a product. Get that order wrong and even a generous budget disappears fast. Here's what the money-saving version of this approach actually looks like in practice. The Expensive Version, and Why It Happens Most overspending on an MVP doesn't come from one bad decision. It comes from a slow drift: A feature gets added because a future investor "might expect it" The design gets polished before anyone's confirmed people want the product at all The team builds for a scale the product doesn't have yet Nobody set a hard stop on scope, so "just one more thing" keeps happening Feedbac...