Founded in 2004 by Will Harvey and Eric Ries, IMVU was created as a 3D avatar-based social network and instant messaging service. While traditional tech companies of that era spent years perfecting a product before launch, IMVU’s founders took a radical approach:
: Instead of internal testing, they used constant feedback from surveys, emails, and chat forums to fix and evolve the product in real-time. IMVU.svb
: While the app has a 13+ rating, it is often rated 17+ on mobile stores due to mature themes, crude humor, and suggestive content. Founded in 2004 by Will Harvey and Eric
: They released a "bug-ridden," incomplete version of the service to the public almost immediately. they used constant feedback from surveys