This article is totally on-point. MVPs are the minimal viable test for confirming your hypotheses.<p>While running a startup consultancy, the idea that MVP is a thing you make once before going on to make the &#x27;real&#x27; product, was one of the two biggest misconceptions I saw. The other one was &quot;lean means cheap&quot;.<p>I ended up realising that most startup resources explain these crucial things with misleading terms and a confusing way. Really, the whole process should mirror the scientific method - I started teaching my clients based on that, telling them to forget what they&#x27;d already heard. I&#x27;m writing a book at the moment about this (working title: The Rational Startup) but that&#x27;s a subject for another HN submission :)