--- title: From Idea to MVP in 14 Days: A Step-by-Step Plan for... description: A day-by-day 14-day plan for solo founders to build and launch an MVP. Covers idea validation (days 1-2), competitive research (day 3), defining the minimal... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-idea-to-mvp-in-14-days-a-step-by-step-plan-for-solo-founders-gacn4lcyl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From Idea to MVP in 14 Days: A Step-by-Step Plan for Solo Founders | daily.dev og:description: A day-by-day 14-day plan for solo founders to build and launch an MVP. Covers idea validation (days 1-2), competitive research (day 3), defining the minimal... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-idea-to-mvp-in-14-days-a-step-by-step-plan-for-solo-founders-gacn4lcyl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GACN4lCYL.png og:image:alt: From Idea to MVP in 14 Days: A Step-by-Step Plan for Solo Founders og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From Idea to MVP in 14 Days: A Step-by-Step Plan for Solo Founders **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A day-by-day 14-day plan for solo founders to build and launch an MVP. Covers idea validation (days 1-2), competitive research (day 3), defining the minimal feature set (day 4), focused development (days 5-10), user testing with actionable questions (days 11-12), launch preparation (day 13), and launch day (day 14). Emphasizes resisting feature creep, shipping fast, and iterating based on real user data rather than assumptions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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