Back in 2004, Facebook launched its first MVP (Minimum Viable Product). The first version, named ‘The Facebook’, was only accessible by the students of Harvard University. Soon after, the MVP gained momentum and other notable universities urged to use ‘The Facebook’ for socializing purposes. With an exponential rise in Facebook’s popularity worldwide, several technology startups now prefer to develop MVPs to test their business ideas.

Eric Ries, renowned author of the book “The Lean Startup”, describes MVP as the core component of the ‘Build-Measure-Learn’ feedback loop. He suggests, “The first step is identifying the problem to be solved and thereby developing an MVP to begin the learning process.” Today, more and more businesses and providers of user experience design services are inclined to initiate UX designs with appropriate MVPs.

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