5 MVP mistakes that kill startups before they launch
Building too much, too slow, with the wrong stack. We've seen the same patterns sink dozens of early-stage products. Here's how to avoid them.
After building MVPs for multiple startups, we've seen the same mistakes over and over:
1. Building features nobody asked for.
Your MVP should validate one hypothesis, not showcase your entire roadmap. Talk to 10 potential users before writing a single line of code.
2. Choosing tech for scale you don't have.
Microservices, Kubernetes, event-driven architecture — great for Netflix, overkill for your first 100 users. Start with a monolith. Next.js + Supabase can handle more than you think.
3. Designing for perfection.
Your first version should be embarrassing. If it's not, you launched too late. Ship the ugly version, get feedback, iterate.
4. Ignoring mobile.
Over 60% of web traffic is mobile. If your MVP doesn't work on a phone, you're losing most of your potential users on day one.
5. No analytics from day one.
If you can't measure it, you can't improve it. Set up basic event tracking before launch. You need to know what users actually do, not what they say they'll do.
The best MVPs we've built took 2-4 weeks. They weren't pretty, but they answered the right question: will someone pay for this?
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