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Luke,

Thanks for the feedback! I will take some time and make some formatting enhancements as well as add some visuals. I plan to really dig into the "cost" as soon as I have some time to get back to writing. I decided to focus on the cost of building an MVP for this series rather than a product. For this first post in the series the focus is on defining an MVP. Since there are so many similar, yet distinct ideas about what an MVP actually is I want to get this right before I tackle actual costs. A lot of founders get lost chasing a huge product rather than an MVP, but they think they are going after an MVP. This is especially true for first time founders. This is ultimately an experiment/research effort in search of a scalable business not a product (i.e. photo sharing service, SaaS product, mobile messaging app). The business may reject the initial hypothetical business or product and re-focus or even change focus.

Bob