Your MVP Isn't Minimum. I Timed Mine. Here's the Verdict.

The Lie We All Agreed To Tell Each Other MVP. Minimum Viable Product. The word minimum is right there, doing nothing. Ask any founder how long their MVP took. Three months. Five months. Eight months and a pivot. The word minimum has been stretched so far it no longer means anything. It's a comfort word now — something you say so the scope doesn't feel embarrassing. I timed mine. Every session, every feature, every rabbit hole. What I found made me uncomfortable enough to write this. What I Was B