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Let’s fix it: Ask how they currently solve X and how much it costs them to do so. And how much time it takes. Ask them to talk you through what happened the last time X came up. If they haven’t solved the problem, ask why not. Have they tried searching for solutions and found them wanting? Or do they not even care enough to have Googled for it?
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
Winning means providing a better consumer and customer value equation than your competitors do, and providing it on a sustainable basis.
Playing to Win
A. G. Lafley, Roger Martin, A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin
I also recommend a minimum of three, one‐hour customer interactions each week, ongoing, and during the weekly 1:1, I love to ask about these customer interactions and see what the product person has learned. I also encourage the product person to share with me stories of what they experienced during these visits, and then to share these stories widely around the company. I explain that my purpose is to establish the reputation of this product person as someone who has a deep and personal knowledge of the company's users and customers.