How do I choose my MVP?

[ycee]

Hey Fastlaners,

I'm working on a remote consultation platform, similar to Jane App - Practice Management Software for Health & Wellness Practitioners. It would be a platform for doctors to set timings, send special links to patients, collect payments, take video consultations, and give prescriptions. It's basically a replacement for the physical location of the clinic. (SaaS)

I've made a rough business plan and the idea is clear in my head, low fidelity mockups would be ready by weekend.
Was wondering if I should hire a coder and build out the app directly, or just build a landing page and see if I get interest.

Since this is more on the B2B side, I'm a bit skeptical if doctors are the kind of people that would sign up for a service and wait for a month for it to get delivered.
I have seen early interest as I've spoken to a couple of doctors online who said they'd use something like this. And the existence of Jane.app also is some validation of consumer behavior.

How do I choose between building just a landing page to see early interest vs. building out an MVP with the minimal feature set?
Would appreciate any help here.

 

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[johnp]

I went through the MVP process

I tried the MVP thing a few times. Never had much success with the whole launch a B2B SaaS thing with a landing page. Even if someone opts-in and expresses interest, it doesn't mean that they will pay you when the time comes.

My take on the whole thing is that you really need to build something early on. Figure out the core feature and build around that. If it takes longer than 3 months to launch your MVP then you're building too much.

Cut out the bells and whistles (i.e, signup, onboarding flow, etc) for the core features. Onboard people yourself. That will actually work great for doctors. Provide amazing support and continue building.

That's exactly how I did it. It's really hard. I have a thread on the inside about it.

I just don't believe all of the BS about launching a SaaS with and testing demand with landing page. But who knows, I guess maybe some people have done it.

 

[cmatth]

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[johnp]

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[Flint]

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Huuf madl!

 

[peterb0yd]

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