Audit Existing Venture Assets and Templates
Gather all previously documented value proposition hypotheses, customer feedback, and technical scoping notes to establish a baseline. Review the standard MVP learning objective template alongside current venture materials to identify existing assumptions. Map out where current documentation directly informs the critical questions the MVP must answer.
Establishing this starting point consolidates existing venture knowledge and prevents redundant discovery work. It ensures the MVP learning objectives build upon validated insight rather than unexamined intuition, maximising programme efficiency.
The founder must produce a mapped inventory of existing assumptions, customer insights, and baseline data room assets. This inventory must clearly highlight existing gaps in knowledge that require empirical validation.
Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output
Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.
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What specific evidence from your previous customer discovery justifies using this baseline template?
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Which critical assumptions in your existing materials have been carried forward without empirical validation?
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How do these preliminary inputs align with the core value proposition defined in your data room?
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Where are the exact information gaps in your current documentation that this MVP must explicitly address?
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Why have you chosen to prioritise these specific historical insights over conflicting market signals?