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How to build your MVP

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OLLOWING

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1. Identify and define the problem

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2. Identify the key and relevant

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SIMILAR

action on your product. visusealrrŒeopurrense­nytsaatiro­enboafstih­cearlleyla­ationship that your users will have with your product. s an example, lweat’nsttsatkoe­baunilidea­anwaphpert­ehsaot malelownes residents in Eswatini to find the nearest private hospital. entlelratu­hseeir lnoeceadti­sonisotrob­ettaebrley­etto, uthse apepolsohc­oawtios nthien ntheeairre­dstevhiocs­epaintadl witehfocro­enytaocut cdaentaiim­ls,peletcm. ent other fiedaetnut­riefysisnu­gchwahsetb­hoeorkitnh­ge ahdoospcti­otarlǢ tparkimesa­rmyefdeaic­tualreaiyd­oua’nddbsuoild­onis, the one mentioned above.

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IMPLEMENT

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4. Measure and Learn - receive

nce you are at the developmen­t

user feedback and optimise

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thuba.mamba@ codeswatin­i.org.

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