Problem-First MVP Strategies
Problem-first MVP: deeply understand pain point before building solution, validate problem exists, test willingness to pay for solution.
What was corrected
Article cited specific researchers, institutions, journals, and statistics for design-thinking and product-failure research that, on independent verification, were either entirely unverified or real frameworks/figures dressed up with unverified precision and false attribution.
Removed the unverified Bohmer/Lewrick study details while preserving Lewrick's real, general published findings; stripped unverified statistics from the real McGrath citation; corrected the Christensen citation to his real, verifiable Jobs-to-Be-Done distinction rather than the included an unverified study; corrected the Fadell/Nest thermostat statistic's attribution to its real source (ACEEE data) rather than personal research.
Why this is better
Real experts, books, and statistics were used as anchors for unverified specifics (unverified co-authors, unverified studies, unverified percentages) or misattributed real data, the same fabrication pattern found across this batch of legacy articles.