To be fair, when he started he didn't know he wanted to talk to doctors. That was after a pivot.
Also, $40k is downright cheap compared to most failed projects to improve medicine. If it were someone else's money, that is.
Also, $40k is downright cheap compared to most failed projects to improve medicine. If it were someone else's money, that is.
Also I don't think $40K is cheap for an MVP. He could have used static HTML mock-ups, or even a few Power Point slides to see if his potential customers would have paid for that service.