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MVP robots don’t need to be robots | Steve Blank


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29 July 2013



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A minimum viable product (MVP) is not always a smaller/cheaper version of your final product. Defining the goal for a MVP can save you tons of time, money and grief. Drones over the Heartland I ran…

The Robot Launch Pad‘s insight:

One of several current robot startups who are getting customers right now for a product that isn’t really robotic. But they’re getting customers, learning the market and will be able to support the costs of developing their next robotic product. MVP. It works.

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Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.
Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.

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