Functioning, validated mvp. What's next steps?
I've done my own research, come up with a product to solve my own problem and shared with others. I did my own wireframes to understand my high level ux and then built a functioning albeit basic front end with a no code tool.
I've almost validated that there is demand and the model works, but to grow it to the next step I'm not sure what the process is.
What's next? Do I invest in high fidelity designs in figma? Do I reach out to some forum of investors or something? Do I legitimise the financials?
Got no idea of the next steps. Thanks!
Although I don't know what kind of product you are building, the next step should be solving the problem for someone for real. For example, try to solve the problem manually or build a simple prototype that works.
I have already - I've built a functioning basic prototype on appGyver & it's talking to a firebase authentication & database backend.
I'm refining the UX as best I can with appGyver but the next step would be for funding to lift it to something. Wondering how to go about that.
Get somebody other than you to use it regularly & get them to pay for it. Then find more of those people. Then improve the product. Repeat.
Talk is cheap, only if people start paying for the solution will you know if you have a business case.
True, people that would pay for an mvp would certainly show demand. It's a tricky one though - what if people would pay for a product that had development and investment, but wouldn't pay for the mvp cos it either looks cheap or isn't robust enough?
That really depends on the product, pain that you are solving and users of your MVP. If your first users do not have a massive pain and are not early adopters then they might not like the MVP and wait for a more polished product. In that case I'd suggest to simply find more people to use your MVP or spend some time polishing the MVP. You often don't need much work to make things at least look nice.
100% true. I'd say that even using product regularly is not enough. If you can't get users to pay for your product it's not good enough or you need to show your product to different people.