Lenny Distilled

MVP is dead, MLP (Minimum Lovable Product) is the future

Execution → Shipping Velocity

Minimal lovable products is the new MVP. The new minimal viable product.

Jiaona Zhang Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork & Airbnb, and thriving as a PM

It shouldn't be minimal viable product anymore. Viability is left back in 2010s. Now it's minimal lovable product. That's the only thing that matters.

Elena Verna The new AI growth playbook for 2026 | How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year
Supporting

In a world where there are so many different options, it's hard to just feel like, 'Hey, use this thing. It barely meets a quality bar.'

Jiaona Zhang Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork & Airbnb, and thriving as a PM
Supporting

It's not getting traction. Is it because the underlying idea is wrong? Or maybe your product just sucks? By forcing everyone to build a product that people will love, we kind of cut out this part of uncertainty.

Dmitry Zlokazov How Revolut trains world-class PMs: The "Local CEO" model, raw intellect & building wow products
Nuanced

There is sometimes a recommendation or an instinct just like, 'Ship things super, super quickly and get them out there.' And I'm not saying don't move fast. Obviously you need to move fast in the early days, but make sure someone rereads your email so that it sounds good. Invest in having a decent photo or a decent illustration.

Zoelle Egner Lessons from Airtable's unconventional growth strategy
With caveats

You don't have to be absolutely perfect, I think, to win. You just need to be good enough and being consistent about it.

Chip Huyen AI Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen