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I've read the Lean Startup several times, and I'm a huge fan. Have been wondering this over the past year: Has the notion of MVP changed at all, given more experienced or knowledgable customers, higher expectations, AI decreasing costs, and more saturated markets? Seems like what you could get away with 15 years ago might not fly with customers today

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Absolutely. 100% true. But on the other hand, the tools have gotten a lot better, so it's much easier to build a high-quality MVP than it was back then. But in any era, the most important thing to remember is that quality is defined by the customer. Meaning, if you don't know who the customer is, you literally don't know what quality means. So don't fall into the trap of assuming you know what would fly or would not fly with customers today. Test. Experiment. Learn.

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