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Validating Your Startup Idea with MVP Experiment Canvas

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Validating Your Startup Idea with MVP Experiment Canvas

Omodiaogbe Samuel

Instructor: Omodiaogbe Samuel

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Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 Hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning
Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 Hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning

What you'll learn

  • Conduct the analysis of your product-market fit by designing a product that put the customer at the center of your new business idea

  • Avoid the risk of launching a failed product by validating your assumptions before committing significant resources

  • Develop insightful learning from your experiment and determine whether to pursue, pivot, or abandon your business imitative

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Taught in English
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About this Guided Project

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Task 1: Introduction: By the end of this task, you will explain the MPV Experiment Canvas

  2. Task 2: Customers and Value: By the end of this task, you will determine the customer segment, and your value proposition

  3. Task 3: Channels and Engagement: By the end of this task, you will provide the channels to use, and how to engage your customers

  4. Task 4: Assumptions and Experiment: By the end of this task, you will highlight your riskiest assumptions, and the experiment format

  5. Task 5: Workflow and Matrices: By the end of the task, you will design the experiment workflow, and matrices for measurement

  6. Task 6: Success Criteria and Results: By the end of this task, you will determine your success criteria, and the results realized

  7. Task 7: Insights, and Next Step: By the end of this task, you will express your learning insights, and your next step of action

Recommended experience

Familiarity with basic business terms

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Instructor

Omodiaogbe Samuel
Coursera Project Network
9 Courses8,877 learners

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How you'll learn

  • Skill-based, hands-on learning

    Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.

  • Expert guidance

    Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.

  • No downloads or installation required

    Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.

  • Available only on desktop

    This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.

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