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Solving problems, big problems and little problems, will not halt the decline of American industry, nor will expansion in use of computers, gadgets, and robotic machinery. Benefits from massive expansion of new machinery also constitute a vain hope. Massive immediate expansion in the teaching of statistical methods to production workers is not the answer either, nor wholesale flashes of quality control circles (QC-Circles). All these activities make their contribution, but they only prolong the life of the patient; they can not halt the decline. Only transformation of the American style of management, and of governmental relations with industry, can halt the decline and give American industry a chance to lead the world again.
Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
Talking to customers seems like a simple idea, but most founders find it’s one of the hardest things they have to do. Founders innately believe they understand a customers problem and just need to spend their time building a solution. We now have a half a century of data to say that belief is wrong. To build products that people want and will really use, founders first need to validate the problem/need, then understand whether their solution solves that problem (i.e. finding product/market fit). Finally to have a better chance of a viable enterprise, they need to test all the other hypotheses in their business/mission model (pricing, demand creation, revenue, costs, etc.)
Steve Blank Customer Discovery in the Time of the Covid-19 Virus
steveblank.com
Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet with a life of luxury—rather it’s about providing all with a life of possibility.
Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
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