You have an amazing idea that you want to bring to market, and you know that if you make it right, it can serve thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of clients. It might help businesses operate more efficiently, or it could change lives – even save lives – or it could drive whole new sections of the economy. It’s your dream, it’s your baby, and you have held it close wondering if the world is ready for it just yet…
BUT, before you get there, you have to get that first user, the first client, the first customer that falls in love with your product or service. The first proof that what you want to bring to market is sustainable, scale-able and ultimately, profitable. How do you do that? You Design, Build and Launch your Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
You might already be thinking that Textmimedia are passionate about product development, and you would be right! To develop an MVP is one of the most exciting aspects of software development – to take an idea from the pre-design stage to bringing something to life is hard work, and a huge amount of fun; and we want you to enjoy that process as much as we do.
How do you take the idea you have dreamt about and convert it into a tangible product or service? In short, what is the process between idea and realisation?
The first thing we recommend is that you define your product or service in such a way that we can collaborate and understand the big picture, what the roadmap to the full product/ service might look like, and what is the starting point. What is the absolute minimum that the product needs to do from launch to establish its validity for further investment?
Having the right team around you for the MVP is vital, communication throughout the project needs to be clear and fast to minimise delays or the project over-run, and the budget needs to be agreed, defined and stuck to.
There are a number of considerations when budgeting for your MVP. Design something too complicated and unless you are a pre-IPO Unicorn VC backed rain-maker, the initial cost will be too high to even get started: whether your budget is £5,000 or £150,000, you need to completely control what goes into the product or service at the Design stage.
Complete the “MVP Design Build Launch” form and arrange a call with the team at Textmimedia who will step through it with you, asking questions designed to help us better understand exactly what you need to achieve from the MVP and we will provide you with a no-obligation estimate.
By being completely focused on what the MVP needs to achieve, and removing everything else at the Design stage, the team at Textmimedia will get to work with a clearly defined brief and agreed budget.
We will update you throughout the Build phase and let you know which aspects we have been working on through each development sprint.
Our intent is to deliver an amazing product or service, on time and within budget so that when you do raise your next round of capital, you would not even consider going anywhere else to build the rest of your product.
DOWNLOAD the “MVP Design Build Launch” form here and schedule a FREE 30-minute walkthrough where we give guidance on how to complete the form and give your MVP the BEST chance of success, right from the Design phase.
to be in for a chance to win a FREE “Done With You” MVP Design and full brief documentation (£1,500 Value)*
*The prize is given with no obligation to progress to a development phase with Textmimedia, however, the recipient agrees to Press Release / Publicity / Referencing Their Brand as a client for work completed by Textmimedia: no commercial-in-confidence material will be shared without specific written consent.