Week 5: Course Project Part 2: Value Proposition and MVP Design
Introduction
Now that you’ve spent time exploring your users and synthesizing insights, it’s time to shift from understanding the problem to designing a solution.
In this project assignment, you’ll articulate your startup’s value proposition and define the core elements of your Minimum Viable Product (MVP). You’ll take your understanding of your customer’s jobs, pains, and desired outcomes, and begin translating that into real features, experiences, and user flows.
This assignment bridges the gap between discovery and prototyping. A well-defined value proposition ensures you’re solving the right problem, for the right person, in a way that truly resonates. Your MVP plan will help you avoid overbuilding by focusing on the smallest set of features that deliver meaningful value and test your riskiest assumptions.
By the end of this assignment, you should have a clear, testable MVP that connects directly to customer needs—and a roadmap for how your team will bring it to life.
Review the following video for this assignment.
Format and Expectations
This assignment continues your evolving project presentation—a visual PDF presentation that tells the story of your startup’s development. You should add these new slides directly after your Week 3 slides.
Use design tools like Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Figma—just make sure your project presentation is polished, professional, and exported as a PDF. Organize your ideas visually. Use diagrams, canvases, and sketches wherever they help communicate your thinking.
Instructions
Use 5–6 slides to tell a clear and compelling story. Visuals, frameworks, and quotes are encouraged! Your presentation should include the following.
Refined Persona and Problem Recap (1 slide)
Begin with a summary of your target persona and the problem they’re facing. This slide should briefly reintroduce who your product is for and why their problem is worth solving. Update your earlier thinking based on what you learned in your Week 3 research. Your persona should feel grounded and specific, not generic. Include:
Updated persona profile (if needed)
Refined problem statement
Why this problem matters most to this user
Value Proposition Statement (1 slide)
This slide should clearly state the unique value your product delivers to your target customer. A strong value proposition ties directly to




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