🏃🏽♀️ Curious about our impact potential in the crucial initial phases? At Mind the Gap Services, this question arises frequently. ⭐ Check out the insightful compilation from UP.Labs below. It brilliantly encapsulates pre-MVP strategies, essential for laying the groundwork for successful GTM campaigns—Mind the Gap Services' forte 💪🏽 in planning and execution. Putting forth the effort in the foundational elements will only help the speed and success of the launch of the campaign. The below learnings serves as a template checklist, revealing invaluable lessons learned from continuous launches of successful ventures. 🔔 Nice job, Brent. hashtag #GTMcampaigns #foundationallearnings #startups #MTGS
Venture Head of Product @ UP.Labs, Forbes 30 Under 30 ('18) & 4 acquisitions (1 founded; 2 former PM; 1 due diligence)
🚀 Reflecting on the First 30 Days: Lessons You Can Take From Launching Our Latest MVP At UP.Labs, we launch up to 6 startups a year, and each day is a new learning opportunity on what makes a great MVP. Today, I want to share insights from one of our MVPs, which went from concept to launch in just 3.5 months. After 5 weeks in the market and thousands of dollars in sales (see graph), here's what we've learned: 🎯 Focus on the Problem Worth Solving Identifying a genuinely pressing problem has been our guiding star. It's tempting to tackle multiple issues at once, but we've found that narrowing our focus to one significant problem enhances clarity and product impact. Staying focused makes finding product-market fit easier and more effective. ⏩ Speed of Execution Our team's mantra: "Be the fastest iterating company." Theoretical solutions cannot compare to actual user feedback. Launch as quickly as possible to start learning from real users. 👤 Be Your Own User When launching your product, use it in production and experience its pain points daily. This firsthand use has provided us with clear insights and highlighted real challenges, shaping our iterative process. 📊 Metrics and Feedback A few days spent integrating the right tools for user metrics and feedback have been transformative. This investment has significantly sped up our ability to test, learn, and iterate, leading to faster enhancements and bug fixes. 🛠️ Embrace Manual Processes Our MVP involved several manual tasks. While automation was an option, manually handling these processes provided deep insights and influenced our product development toward being more user-centric. 📈 Data Integrity Data accuracy is paramount—we learned this the hard way. Always double-check and audit your data to ensure a reliable user experience. As we continue on this journey, we remain committed to solving meaningful problems, rapidly iterating based on real-world usage, and refining our approach meticulously. 💡 Key Takeaways: Solve the right problems, launch quickly, monitor rigorously, and iterate relentlessly. I’d love to hear from others navigating their MVP journeys. What have been your biggest lessons in the early days? #StartupJourney #MVP #ProductLaunch #Innovation #TechLeadership #FeedbackLoop
