Learning from the Concierge MVP

Res Extensa #33 :: Doing things that don’t scale and speedrunning the idea maze

In his canonical text for product managers The Lean Startup, Eric Ries tells the story of a company called "Food on the Table". They had an idea to create meal plans for you based on foods you enjoy, then connect to local groceries to help you find the best deal on ingredients. But they didn't go straight to building functional software to show-and-tell…