🌐 Software - Redefining MVP: Aligning Product, Risk, and Learning Across Your Startup
Most teams say “MVP” – but engineering, product, sales, and design often mean completely different things.
In this interactive workshop, we’ll surface those hidden assumptions by having each perspective define “minimum,” “viable,” and “product,” then reconcile the differences into a shared definition.
We’ll use that alignment to map key risks, sketch mitigation strategies, and clarify what you’re actually trying to learn from your next release – and how you’ll know if it’s working.
This session is highly participatory and designed for founders and early‑stage teams who want to de‑risk their roadmap and speed up real learning, not just shipping.
Speaker:
Uday Gajendar is a product design leader and advisor with over 20 years of experience helping startups turn early ideas into usable, scalable products. He has led UX and design efforts at companies including Aurora Solar, Automation Anywhere, CloudPhysics, and Instart Logic, and has advised founders through accelerators such as Kleiner Perkins’ Design Council and Women’s Startup Lab. Uday also teaches and guest lectures on design strategy and product thinking at universities including Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, and California College of the Arts.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/udanium/
Website: www.udanium.com
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