A Minimal Viable Product has only the most essential features needed to be able to measure feedback from users. In the previous video, we explained the process of working with a designer by evolving our initial prototypes, collecting design inspiration, and beginning to create this graphical visual world of Memetag, our social media game that we’re building and using as an example of how to bring your tech idea to life. Now before we continue to develop Memetag by creating its application architecture, and before you move on to this step, be sure to clarify the what are the most essential parts of you app - the Minimal Viable Product.
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If you're interesting in building technical skills:
PluralSight - An online learning platform:
Egghead - Another learning platform great for quick bite-size videos and project-based courses
Community support from likeminded product builders:
IndieHackers -
Where to find talented designers:
Toptal is also a great resource for finding developers for hands on coding, and even project managers who can help with planning and strategies on how to best execute the different phases of bringing your idea to life.
If you're looking for a technical collaborator:
Tools references in this video:
A simplified app for taking notes
Build a mood board and find collect inspiration with
A flexible drawing app for creating visuals such as interaction diagrams
Terminology:
Mood board - a type of collage or collection of art typically organized around a common theme.
Interaction Diagram - Images that visually describe a user’s journey throughout the app.
Wireframe - the digital or hand drawn sketches that create a picture of your product and help describe the user’s experience.
API - Application Programming Interface. One of the ways that programs and applications use to send information to communicate with one another.
Prototype - an early-stage sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept
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Brave Goals - How to Bring Your Tech Idea to Life
Startup Goals & Product Development.
I'm Charles, a Product Engineer, and I'm here to help you along this journey and share what I've learned from 13 years of working as part of teams of talented engineers and designers breathing digital life into what was initial just an idea.
Even if you're not a technical person, you can bring your tech ideas to life.
I've created this channel to share the practical steps that you can take to analyze your idea, and strategies for accomplishing the many phases of product development including user experience design, prototyping, branding, graphic design, developing an minimal viable product, user testing, system design, development, and getting your product into the hands of real users.
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