If the product is too simple, doesn't solve the problem and doesn't activate and retain customers, it is not an MVP. It may be a prototype, and there lies the difference.

If the product is too simple, doesn't solve the problem and doesn't activate and retain customers, it is not an MVP. It may be a prototype, and there lies the difference.

The minimum viable product (MVP) approach is the minimal or “lean” way to give consumers what they want without it necessarily being a fully realized idea.