Category: Startups

Feb 15 2020

Entrepreneurial Skills, Innovation, Startups

What’s not an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

by Sudhir Shandilya

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A fundamentally simple concept of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) often in practice gets intermingled with our personal experiences; knowledgebase; perceptions; […]

Open Digital Platforms to Spur Innovation
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