# MVP

Concept · [Product](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/product)

Also called: minimum viable product, first version, v1

Minimum viable product. The simplest version of your product that real customers can use, built so you can learn whether the idea works before spending more.

**For example:** Before building a full food-delivery app, a [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) takes orders through a simple web form and delivers them herself to see if people will pay.

## Connects to (15)

- [Prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype): An early, rough version of a product made to test an idea or show others what you mean.
- [Product-market fit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/product-market-fit): The point where you have built something a clear group of customers really wants.
- [Scope](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/scope): The agreed list of what a project will include and what it will not.
- [Pivot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pivot): A deliberate change of direction after learning that your current plan is not working.
- [Roadmap](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/roadmap): A plan that shows what you intend to build and in roughly what order.
- [Customer discovery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/customer-discovery): Talking with possible customers to learn about their problems before you build, so that you build something they need.
- [Beta](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/beta): A version of the product released to a limited group of people so you can find problems before the full launch.
- [Technical debt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical-debt): Shortcuts taken while building software that save time now but make later changes slower and riskier until someone cleans them up.
- [Bubble](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bubble): A no-code app builder made by Bubble Group.
- [Pre-accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pre-accelerator): A program for people who have an idea but not yet a company or a product.
- [BUILD UP](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/build-up): Build in Tulsa's pre-accelerator programs for very early founders.
- [Vertical slice](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vertical-slice): A small piece of a product built all the way through, from screen to database to deployment, so it actually works for a user, rather than…
- [Design partner](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/design-partner): An early customer who works closely with a startup to shape a product, giving regular feedback in exchange for early access, a discount or…
- [ProductOS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/productos): An AI platform that takes a product idea through research, a written spec, design, code and deployment, using a set of AI agents that…
- [The Summer Startup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/summer-startup): A weekend event in Oklahoma City where participants try to build a startup from zero to one in 54 hours, with mentorship, cash prizes and…

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mvp