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title: Minimal Viable Product
date: 2019-09-10T05:30:00-04:00
author: Sean Smith
canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-7/minimal-viable-product/"
section: Podcast
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## Minimal Viable Product

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In this episode Mike and Sean discuss what a minimal viable product is and what the pros and cons of launching a website as an MVP are.

<a name="show-notes"></a>### Show Notes

We discuss what an MVP is as well as the pros and cons of taking an MVP approach to your company website.

We also talk about examples of MVP sites we've worked with including this very podcast site.

### Show Links

- [The Why and How of Developing a Website MVP](https://designhammer.com/blog/website-mvp)
- [What is an MVP Website?](https://sagapixel.com/web-design/what-is-mvp-website/)
- [How to Redesign Your Website Using a Minimum Viable Product](https://www.impactbnd.com/blog/how-to-create-an-minimum-viable-product-without-sacrificing-ux)
- [MVP (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product)
- [Thomas Yu](http://thomasyu.ca/)

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- 1 [ Season 2 Introduction](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-1/season-2-introduction/)
- 2 [ Web Hosting 101](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-2/web-hosting-101/)
- 3 [ How to Choose a Web Developer or Agency](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-3/how-to-choose-a-web-developer-or-agency/)
- 4 [ How Much Does a Website Cost](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-4/how-much-does-a-website-cost/)
- 5 [ Web Jargon Part One](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-5/web-jargon-part-one/)
- 6 [ Web Jargon Part Two](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-6/web-jargon-part-two/)
- 7 [ Minimal Viable Product](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-7/minimal-viable-product/)
- 8 [ Copy Editing and Copy Writing](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-8/copy-editing-and-copy-writing/)
- 9 [ Photography and Stock Photos](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-9/photography-and-stock-photos/)
- 10 [ Ecommerce with Shopify](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-10/ecommerce-with-shopify/)
- 11 [ Season 2 Recap and Season 3 Teaser](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-11/season-2-recap-and-season-3-teaser/)

### All Seasons

- [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/)
- [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/)
- [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/)
- [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/)
- [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/)
- [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/)
- [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/)
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- [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/)

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