... MVPs barebone, ugly, functional. The goal? Validate fast, fail faster. But look around Product Hunt today Every launch looks like Apple made it. 2/ Clean UI Blazing speed Brand voice on point Polished onboarding flows Even beta products are dripping with love. Why? Because Minimum Viable is no longer enough. 3/ We re in the age of the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP). People don t just want it to work. They want it to feel good, look good, and tell ... ... quote remix nails it. But yeah... the market s attention economy forces our hand. If you don t look the part, you might not even get the chance to prove it works right. It's a tough balance substance vs

... there, Derrick Reimer here! I've been building SaaS products for the last decade. In late 2012, I co-founded Drip , a marketing automation product, alongside Rob Walling. We were acquired by Leadpages in 2016. During that time, I also built and sold Codetree, a project management tool for GitHub. My story hasn't been all rosy, though! After leaving Drip