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Design partners over demo days: our MVP philosophy
Why we embed with founders instead of shipping a deck and disappearing.
Devoun Product · 7 min · January 22, 2026

An MVP that impresses investors but confuses users is a liability. We optimize for a product a design partner will use every week.
Embedding means shared backlog, shared metrics, and shared honesty when a feature should be cut.
The goal is not speed alone. It is learning velocity with a codebase you can still extend after funding.