5 MVP Development Mistakes That Kill Startups...

Most startups don't fail after launch — they fail because of decisions made before a single line of production code was written. After seeing the same patterns repeat across dozens of early-stage builds, I want to document five of the most common MVP development mistakes and what they actually cost you. Mistake 1: Treating the MVP as a Smaller Version of the Full Product This is the most expensive mindset error you can make. An MVP is not a product with features removed. It is a hypothesis with