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Product Discovery
While time to market is still important for an empowered product team held accountable to results, what is most important is **time to money**—in other words, the time to achieve the necessary outcome. ... With time to money as the goal of the product team, **the incentive moves to being able to quickly determine if a particular product idea or approach will work**. This is referred to as product discovery.
Make a list. Then, for each item on the list, ask, “How could we have learned that sooner?” The answers to these questions will help you improve your discovery process.
Continuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres
Here’s what you need to look for in a North Star Metric: As close as possible to the core value experience ... Aggregate number, not a rate or ratio—We’re looking for a number that will sum up the value across the entire market and potentially grow up-and-to-right over time... Simple and memorable—No North Star Metric is perfect. Some messages sent via WhatsApp may be spam, some items purchased on eBay may not be fully satisfactory to the buyer. That’s fine as long as the number is still generally indicative of total value.
Evidence-Guided
Itamar Gilad
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