5,709 karma · joined October 24, 2010
So actually it's not free at all and probably a way to sell more subscriptions.
MVPs don't exist in a vacuum, they are part of a larger effort to figure out your business model (what is the actual problem? Who are your customers? How will you make money?) in the most efficient way possible. For a MVP to make sense, you have to do user research and truly understand the problem domain.
> Your company shouldn’t be in search of a business model, you should know what you need to build.
This is wishful thinking. Tons of products and companies fail simply because founders think they "know" what their business model is when in fact it's just a bunch of unverified assumptions about the market.