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I think it is easy to confuse market research and product research with the MVP. I don't even quite know the difference according to Eric's definition.

What seems to make sense to me is to simply follow the name. It is the minimum work for a viable product. A splash screen is not a product. A video is not a product. A wireframe is not the product (unless it contains the minimum form of the product). Thus, all of these are not MVPs.

Determining if something is a product should be easy. Determining what is minimum but still viable is much harder.