13 exemples de MVP réussis
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Every once in a while, you’re struck with an idea you think could be the next big thing. But often, it’s shrugged off as too far-fetched to achieve. But what if we were to tell you that some or rather quite a few of the industry giants today once started off with a small idea which was relevant to the time and market.
These companies that we are going to talk about in this article adopted the Minimum Viable Approach or MVP when they first began their journey. MVP is releasing your product or service in the market with only the core functionalities, to test the waters and see how your product is faring among the selected target audience. It also helps identify what is lacking in your product, thus giving you the opportunity to improvise before you release the final version to the larger set of customers.
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Histoires de réussite MVP :
Nous examinerons certaines des applications populaires qui n’étaient autrefois qu’un concept approximatif ou une version bébé de ce que nous voyons aujourd’hui.
1.Facebook
Seuls quelques-uns ignorent l’aventure de Mark Zuckerberg. En 2004, Facebook, alors connu sous le nom de “TheFacebook”, a été conçu comme une plate-forme pour connecter les étudiants de l’Université de Harvard via des adresses e-mail. Il s’est lentement étendu à davantage d’universités et a lancé la même année le «mur» où l’on pouvait publier des mises à jour et recevoir des messages. En 2005, il a ajouté la fonction photo. En 2006, Facebook est devenu mobile et n’importe qui pouvait le rejoindre. En 2007, il a introduit la capacité vidéo. Cela s’est ensuite passé comme – le lancement du bouton “J’aime”, des groupes, des appels vidéo, du marché, du directeur commercial, etc. Donc, nous voyons, Facebook n’était pas une merveille d’une nuit. C’est un excellent exemple de réponse aux besoins de connectivité sociale des gens et de construction d’une plate-forme numérique réussie pour répondre à ces demandes.
2. Gazouillement
“juste en train de configurer mon twttr.” est un tweet qui a bien vieilli. Twitter, connu sous le nom de Twttr à l’époque, était une plate-forme de communication mise en place entre un couple d’amis pour partager des mises à jour. En 2006, Twitter était ouvert au public en tant que site de micro-blogging. Le tristement célèbre hashtag a fait son entrée en 2007. Twitter a commencé à gagner en popularité et c’est à ce moment-là qu’ils ont introduit une plate-forme publicitaire en 2010 pour promouvoir les tweets. Ils ont lancé Tweet Deck en 2011 et l’application de partage de vidéos Vine en 2013. En 2014, la fonction vidéo promue a changé la donne pour les entreprises et l’industrie du divertissement. En 2015, la plate-forme disposait également de messages directs de groupe. Bref, Twitter était et reste tendance !
3. Airbnb
Airbnb s’est imposé non seulement comme une option de séjour chez l’habitant, mais comme une expérience. Le premier séjour Airbnb en 2007 était l’appartement des fondateurs avec 3 matelas pneumatiques, un bureau et le petit-déjeuner. Après avoir reçu un financement, en 2009, Airbnb s’est étendu pour inclure des maisons entières, des appartements, des chambres privées, des châteaux, des bateaux, des manoirs, des cabanes dans les arbres, des igloos, des îles privées et d’autres propriétés sous leur égide. En 2015, ils ont lancé une application iPad suivie d’une autre pour Apple Watch. Les utilisateurs peuvent désormais réserver des expériences qui offriront le meilleur du site local sur lequel ils séjourneront. Ils ont également introduit un nouvel outil de recherche spécialement pour les voyageurs d’affaires.
4. Boîte de dépôt
Les humains sont oublieux, mais l’étudiant universitaire Drew Houston en a fait une entreprise prospère. Dropbox permettait initialement la sauvegarde de fichiers de bureau sur le Web et facilitait le partage de fichiers. À l’étape suivante, ils ont offert un espace supplémentaire gratuit s’ils pouvaient amener un ami à s’inscrire. Il est devenu un succès instantané et des millions d’abonnés se sont inscrits. Depuis lors, il a facilité le partage de photos, de vidéos et d’autres fichiers par rapport aux serveurs de messagerie qui luttent encore sur ce front. Même iCloud d’Apple pâlit devant la croissance de Dropbox. Dropbox a montré que le cloud est une infrastructure extrêmement puissante.
5. Zappos
C’était une idée d’entreprise qui est entrée en jeu lorsque le fondateur Nick Swinmurn est allé acheter des chaussures mais n’a pas pu trouver la bonne taille même après avoir visité de nombreux magasins. En 2000, Zappos était une plateforme en ligne qui vendait des chaussures. En 2007, leur chiffre d’affaires annuel a doublé et s’est diversifié dans les sacs à main, les lunettes, les vêtements et les montres, ce qui représente encore 20 % de l’activité aujourd’hui. En 2009, Amazon a acquis Zappos et la société a continué à proposer des produits pertinents tels que des chaussures végétaliennes et une ligne de couture pour répondre aux besoins du marché.
6. Amazone
Lorsque Jeff Bezos a lancé le site Web d’Amazon en 1995, il ne vendait que des livres ! Mais même alors, il avait la vision que le site Web dominerait l’industrie du commerce électronique. Dès le début, la commodité était l’USP d’Amazon. Il s’est lentement étendu à la vente de vidéos et de musique en 1998. En 2000, le site Web vendait de l’électronique grand public, des logiciels, des articles ménagers, des jouets, des jeux vidéo, etc. Il a ensuite lancé Amazon Web Services en 2002, en raison de l’ambition de Bezos de faire d’Amazon une entreprise technologique. Avec le lancement du Kindle en 2007, Amazon avait relancé le marché du livre électronique. En savoir plus sur la croissance fulgurante d’Amazon ici .
7. Instagram
Third time was the charm for Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram after his first two apps Burbn and Scotch did not take off. Instagram was available only for iPhone users till 2012. By 2010 itself there were a million Instagram users. It then launched for Android in 2012 and introduced the hashtag feature. In 2015, Instagram ads made its way, followed by IG business pages and the ‘Stories’ feature. By 2017, users could post multiple photos or videos following the launch of carousel posts. In 2018, IGTV was created for longer video versions. In 2020, the platform’s popularity exploded even further with Instagram Reels. It also allowed curated shopping experience for customers by launching Instagram ‘shops’ in the same year.
8. Uber
The idea for Uber came about in an interesting way. Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, who will go on to be co-founders of Uber, could not find cabs one night after a conference. It was then that they felt a solution to this problem had a potential market. After much thought, the first prototype of UberCab as it was known initially was tested in New York with 3 cabs. 2 years later it went on to launch internationally. Uber’s growth was one that exploded rapidly. It then introduced Uber Eats for food delivery service. Uber started offering UberPool allowing multiple customers on a single ride. In 2018, Uber acquired Lime making electric scooters available for rent. Uber’s strategic investments have made it one of the most valuable startups.
9. Swiggy
It must be said that Swiggy is an app that entered a market that had great demand and no players. It’s also a service that has constantly adapted to the changing needs of the market, thus becoming a credible threat to rivals like Zomato, Foodpanda and UberEats. Swiggy started by partnering with 25 restaurants and only 6 delivery executives in a targeted area. It then had a massive growth, with its presence now reaching over 500 cities in India. Swiggy had a large group of their own delivery boys and invested in a sales team that would keep popular restaurants on board. They also built a technology to make its logistics more efficient. Swiggy has now diversified into segments like instant delivery of everyday items, pick and drop of any item and so on. Read how the use of right technology boosted Swiggy’s growth here.
10. Groupon
Before being Groupon, the company was called The Point, which was supposed to be an online fundraiser. It did not take off. But founder Andrew Mason observed that group deals had a decent traction. This became the seed for Groupon. In 2008, Groupon’s first deal was: buy two pizzas for the price of one. In 2011, they acquired Obtiva to amplify its tech capabilities. In 2013 Groupon acquired a real-time location sharing app and last-minute travel app for same day reservations. In 2013 the website had a complete revamp and new features were added for marketplace. In 2015 Groupon also acquired food-delivery service Order Up. Today, Groupon has one of the largest subscriber base with over 200 million users internationally.
11. Instacart
Even with the advent of online shopping, Apoorva Mehta, founder of Instacart felt that grocery shopping was an area still stuck in the age-old pattern. He saw the need for online grocery shopping and went on to create Instacart in 2012 where shoppers can assist customers in shopping for their needs. Instacart is constantly evolving to improve shopping experience. Aisle navigation enables users to locate their product easily. It also added a replacement option so that customers can replace it with an item that best matches the original request. The app has also enabled in-app chatting so that shoppers can communicate with shoppers in real-time. With the barcode scanning shoppers can quickly verify if they’ve picked the right item. The success of Instacart has been in finding innovative solutions to customers’ problems.
12. Spotify
Spotify started in 2008 as an answer to the ever-growing music piracy problem. Later on, the founders launched a free service. With an upgrade of 10 pounds, subscribers could now listen to ad free music. 2010 was an ambitious year for Spotify as it released desktop music manager at par with iTunes. The same year they also integrated with the music discovery app Shazam. In 2011, Spotify announced a platform where developers could create experiences and buy concert tickets, write reviews and so on. By 2015 Spotify was expanding into podcasts, video streaming and news radio. More importantly Spotify had also launched mood and time-based playlist, a feature loved by users worldwide. Spotify has had competitors over the years, but still manages to give its users a very personalized music experience.
13. Buffer
Buffer is a site that lets you schedule posts across platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It took 7 weeks to create the first version of Buffer in 2010. It was observed that users didn’t mind paying for its services. Slowly, Buffer introduced new features like Google + scheduling support, custom scheduling and more. By 2013, the platform had a million users. This way they created a product that the market wanted, slowly and steadily.
Conclusion:
Interesting, right? How all the giants that we see today started small with the idea they had! They didn’t wait for the full-fledged perfect product, but eventually grew into one as they learned what their customers needed, in the process.
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