{"id":12073,"date":"2014-03-16T23:35:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2014-03-16T23:35:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T21:35:24","slug":"flavius-stef-geekterview-during-webexpo-prague-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/blog\/flavius-stef-geekterview-during-webexpo-prague-2013","title":{"rendered":"Flavius Stef \u2013 Geekterview during WebExpo Prague 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last September I was invited by the organizers of\u00a0<a title=\"WebExpo Prague\" href=\"http:\/\/webexpo.net\/prague2013\/\">WebExpo Prague<\/a>\u00a0to be part of their excellent conference. For my presentation I decided to tackle the topic of Lean Startup practices as applied to building and growing software products.<\/p>\n<p>Web applications are especially suited for this approach for two reasons: data access and simple deployments. Because we have\u00a0<strong>instant data access<\/strong>\u00a0(after all, the databases are hosted on our servers) it\u2019s very easy to analyze it and validate our assumptions. Another plus of the web platform is that it makes<strong>deploying new versions<\/strong>\u00a0of our applications easier, therefore we can potentially release new versions several times each day (and some teams\u00a0<a title=\"Continuous Deployment at IMVU\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/bgdurrett\/sds-2010-continuous-deployment-at-imvu\">actually do it<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>After the talk, one of the organizers invited me to give a short interview on the topic of MVPs (minimum viable products). You can see it below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lIziU_f7CY\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the more controversial points I make is that MVPs don\u2019t necessarily have to be software products at all. A\u00a0<a title=\"Paper Prototyping\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_prototyping\">paper prototype<\/a>\u00a0or a\u00a0<a title=\"Concierge MVP\" href=\"http:\/\/ibuildmvps.com\/blog\/the-concierge-minimum-viable-product-maximizes-customer-learning\">concierge MVP<\/a>\u00a0could be the most efficient way to test your hypothesis, and they don\u2019t involve writing a single line of code.<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious about the slides from the presentation, here they are:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/26408732\" height=\"356\" width=\"427\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Prague for having me around! It\u2019s been a pleasure!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Do you want to\u00a0learn how to minimize your investment in new features and products? Our coaches can help your Product Managers\/Owners build and validate MVPs so that the company resources are wisely invested.\u00a0<a title=\"Contact page\" href=\"https:\/\/mozaicworks.com\/contact\/\">Schedule a free call<\/a>\u00a0right now to talk about your situation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last September I was invited by the organizers of\u00a0WebExpo Prague\u00a0to be part of their excellent conference. For my presentation I decided to tackle the topic of Lean Startup practices as applied to building and growing software products. Web applications are especially suited for this approach for two reasons: data access and simple deployments. 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