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🧠 Stop Building MVPs — Start With an MVA (Minimum Valuable Automation)

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🚀 “I automated a painful task, shared it on Reddit, and made my first $99 in 2 days.”
Most devs chase MVPs. But in 2026, MVAs print cash faster.

We’ve all been there.
You have a SaaS idea. You start building an MVP.
Three weeks in, you're still tweaking login flows, onboarding screens, or picking font pairs.

But what if I told you the better path isn’t MVPs?

It’s MVAs: Minimum Valuable Automations — the lazy dev’s secret weapon for building profitable micro-startups.

🧩 What’s an MVA?

A Minimum Valuable Automation is:

  • ✅ A tiny, automated task
  • ✅ That solves a specific, recurring pain
  • ✅ For a niche audience
  • ✅ And runs 95% on autopilot

You don’t build a product. You automate a task.

That’s it.

🧪 Example MVAs That Made $$$

Let’s look at real-world examples of MVAs that became profitable micro-products:

Task Automation Revenue
Format Reddit posts into carousels GPT + Zapier + Notion $100+/mo
Auto-summarize long YouTube videos Whisper + GPT + Email $250/mo
Auto-archive newsletters to Notion Mailparser + Notion API $75/mo
Cold outreach that replies w/ AI Forms + GPT + Gmail API $500+/mo

None of these needed:

  • A UI
  • A login system
  • A mobile app
  • A fancy landing page

They just needed one form, one automation, and one Stripe button.

🧠 Why MVA > MVP in 2026

1. Faster to launch

You can build an MVA in 1 day, not 30.

2. Solves real work, not feature lists

You’re not building an app—you’re eliminating a job for someone.

3. Forces niche thinking

You can’t automate for everyone. You have to target a micro-problem, which is what micro-SaaS thrives on.

4. Bots > Code

Zapier, Make, ChatGPT, Notion API, Google Sheets — all let you do more with less.

🧰 How to Build an MVA in Under 24 Hours

This is the exact 6-step playbook I use (and also teach in my course):

  1. List painful tasks you do (or see others do)
  2. Search Reddit & forums to validate it’s common
  3. Use ChatGPT to brainstorm how to automate it
  4. Build it with Zapier, Make, Notion, Google Sheets, etc.
  5. Set up Stripe or Gumroad to charge for access
  6. Launch it in 3 places: Reddit, Product Hunt, your email list

Example:

“Turn long-form content into tweet threads”
Built it in 3 hours → Shared it on r/Entrepreneur → First sale the next morning

🔁 You Can Chain MVAs into Full SaaS Products

Once your MVA gains traction, you can:

  • Wrap it in a frontend (Softr, Next.js)
  • Add login/auth (Supabase, Clerk)
  • Introduce tiers, dashboards, onboarding
  • Scale to a full micro-SaaS with users, churn, referrals

The MVA is just the first domino.

🚨 Most Devs Waste Months on MVPs That Never Launch

I did it too.

I’d spend weeks:

  • Choosing the perfect tech stack
  • Building full CRUD dashboards
  • Debating pricing models

But no one ever used the product.

After switching to MVA-first thinking, I built 3 micro-tools that pay me passively — without a “real” product.

🧠 Want to Learn How to Build & Sell MVAs?

I documented everything inside a micro-course I built for people like you:

👉 Launch a Micro SaaS in 10 Days

Inside, I cover:

  • MVA templates
  • Niche research playbooks
  • Automation stack (Zapier, Notion, Stripe)
  • Launch blueprints (Reddit + Product Hunt + Email)

🔓 It’s just $1 for the first 50 devs. After that, $99.

If you're tired of building things no one uses, go try this.

🔑 TL;DR

  • MVPs are outdated. MVAs are faster, leaner, more profitable.
  • Use AI + automation to build tools people actually pay for.
  • Launch in 24 hours, not 3 months.
  • Don’t code a startup. Automate a job.

💬 What Would You Automate?

Let me know in the comments:
If you had to launch a $10 MVA tomorrow, what problem would you solve?

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