A protobake is a functional code example of something you want to make built at a minimum viable product (MVP) level to help facilitate conversation between you and your customers, team and investors.
A protobake is a research vehicle. You build it. You get it in front of users to test it. You get it in front of team members to realize once and for all you’re really going to do it. You get it in front of investors to show them you’re serious about it.
Built with lean startup thinking in mind and fueled by a iteration process, a protobake manifests your big idea and gets it on the playground faster allowing you to learn, focus, motivate, believe and much much more!