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Good morning Andrew,=20

Have you ever sat down for a customer development interview, only to realiz=
e halfway through the conversation that you=E2=80=99ve been chasing somethi=
ng they don=E2=80=99t actually care about? When I first started doing custo=
mer development interviews, I thought they were all about _validating my id=
eas_. In reality, my first conversations should have been about identifying=
 pains that were top of mind for them.=20

In today=E2=80=99s email, I=E2=80=99m going to dive into my process for Exp=
loratory Customer Development Interviews. These are the first interviews th=
at I use for finding the signs of a potential gap in the market. These are =
the first of four interview types that I use in my process to learn from pe=
ople and slowly walk them into a sales process (with their permission). The=
 following is an unedited excerpt from Chapter 3: Finding Product Market Fi=
t. I=E2=80=99m sending the second draft of my edits for Act 1 (chapters 1-3=
) today and then will move onto Act=E2=80=99s 2 & 3. Interestingly, there w=
ere 103 edits/comment requests for the first Act and only 41 for Act=E2=80=
=99s 2 & 3 so it feels like I=E2=80=99m making good progress on the meaties=
t section of the book.=20

Here=E2=80=99s the tl;dr:=20

* **Goal**: Identify high-impact, unmet needs by letting interviewees revea=
l their biggest pain points naturally, using open-ended questions to avoid =
steering the conversation.

* **Structure**: Follow a loose framework of Context, Progress, and Impact =
to uncover the day-to-day challenges

* **Gauge**: Quantify the size of the opportunity by asking importance and =
satisfaction questions.=20

#### **Exploratory Customer Development Interviews**

Goal: Find a gap worth solving.=C2=A0

I use these interviews when I first start to make sure that I=E2=80=99m foc=
using on the problem that is top of mind for the people I want to target. I=
 use open ended questions and avoid steering the interview towards my probl=
em space. A great outcome is one where the interviewee brings up your probl=
em space first. An even better outcome is finding a problem space you didn=
=E2=80=99t know existed. If you=E2=80=99re surprised, that=E2=80=99s a good=
 thing because it means it=E2=80=99s not obvious and is less likely to have=
 competitive startups working on the same thing.=C2=A0

Each interview has three parts: context, progress, and impact. Use these th=
ree as your loose guide to the conversation, you need to strike a balance b=
etween asking your questions and letting the interviewee talk.=C2=A0

You=E2=80=99re looking for patterns in the data and the data is only as rel=
iable as your interview process. If you ask a different set of questions to=
 every person, there will be no consistency. On the flip side, if you only =
ask your questions, it can put you into checklist mode, which stifles the c=
onversation.=C2=A0

A great customer development interview gets the interviewee talking about t=
heir problems and telling stories. Don=E2=80=99t be afraid to go off script=
 or to let someone go on a tangent, sometimes these unexpected directions l=
ead us somewhere important.=C2=A0

=E2=80=A6 for more on asking good questions / running a good interview =E2=
=86=92 see the sales conversations chapter (_note from Collin: coming later=
 to this newsletter_) or check out [The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick](https:=
//www.momtestbook.com/). The two processes have very strong overlaps in the=
 skills required. Feel free to jump ahead to that chapter and come back. On=
e last note, you can thank Michel for the following interview format too.=
=C2=A0

**_Context_****=C2=A0**

To understand the context of the potential customer I get them to walk me t=
hrough a day in their life. These questions set the table and direct the co=
nversation to the high level problem space I want to understand. Here are s=
ome questions I learned from Michel:=C2=A0

* When you walk in in the morning, what is the first thing you do every day=
?

* How many applications do you log into?

* What applications do you love and why?

* Who do you report to

* What are you MBOs

The questions work as a setup for the magic wand question. The magic wand q=
uestion helps us understand what pains are top of mind for the interviewee =
or the progress they would like to make. One of the biggest mistakes I made=
 when I ran customer development interviews for the first time was not aski=
ng questions that quantified people=E2=80=99s pain. I showed them my idea, =
they said they liked it and I checked off my =E2=80=9Ccustomer development =
interview=E2=80=9D box. What this lead to was my team building a CRM system=
 that everyone said was a =E2=80=9Csmart idea=E2=80=9D but nobody wanted to=
 buy. Turns out that =E2=80=9Cgood idea=E2=80=9D was code for =E2=80=9Cleav=
e me alone=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0

**_Progress_**

As I ran more interviews, I got better at asking questions and listening. I=
 could identify unmet needs and articulate them as jobs to be done but I st=
ruggled to get interviewees to clearly articulate their importance. A light=
bulb went off for me when I read [Dan Olsen=E2=80=99s book, The Lean Produc=
t Playbook](https://leanproductplaybook.com/), and came across The Importan=
ce versus Satisfaction Framework. Dan proposed adding two questions to help=
 rank the unmet needs an interviewee mentions.=C2=A0

Next time an interviewee mentioned an unmet need, I would ask two follow on=
 questions:=C2=A0

* On a scale of 1-10, how important is this to you?=C2=A0

* On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with how you=E2=80=99re current=
ly solving it?

These two questions enable you to visualize the unmet needs you=E2=80=99ve =
found as a quadrant. What we=E2=80=99re looking for are unmet needs that ar=
e very important (10/10) and have low satisfaction (2/10) ratings.=C2=A0

**_Impact_**=C2=A0

Once you=E2=80=99ve found a high importance low satisfaction (HILS) problem=
, you=E2=80=99ve found motivation. The next step is to see if that motivati=
on can be tied to sometime meaningful to the company, more revenue, higher =
profits, or reduced risk. I=E2=80=99ll ask questions like:=C2=A0

* If you were able to solve X - how would that impact your department, KPIs=
, etc=E2=80=A6

* If you were able to solve X - what would that mean to you personally?=C2=
=A0

* How would that change your role / your department?=C2=A0

If you can find a HILS problem that can be directly attributed to the botto=
m line, you=E2=80=99ve found yourself something special.=C2=A0

**_History_**

Here are some questions that will help you better understand your interview=
ees and make your life easier when it comes time to build your first custom=
er acquisition channel:

* Tell me about the last time you tried to solve this problem?=C2=A0

* How have others in your organization tried to solve this?=C2=A0

* What resources (time, money, training) went into solving it last time?

* Talk to me about your process for finding a solution=E2=80=A6=C2=A0

* If they found a solution ask follow on questions like =E2=80=9Chow did yo=
u hear about X?=E2=80=9D

  * Where did they look, who did they ask, what did they buy, how did they =
find the last tool they bought, etc=E2=80=A6

**_Note_**_: These are variations of questions I=E2=80=99ve used in my cust=
omer development cheat sheet that I shared a few weeks back and were origin=
ally Mom Test questions. _

This last question will help you understand their buying process and will h=
int at the future demand generation channels you=E2=80=99ll need to build. =
If they haven=E2=80=99t tried solving the problem with software, then ask a=
bout how they found a related product that they=E2=80=99ve already purchase=
d.=C2=A0

These interviews will help you find unmet needs worth solving. When you thi=
nk you=E2=80=99ve found something, it=E2=80=99s time to move to Focused Cus=
tomer Development Calls to validate that assumption. Keep in mind that movi=
ng forward in the process doesn=E2=80=99t mean you=E2=80=99ll never come ba=
ckwards. Sometimes you=E2=80=99ll find a gap that looks real but turns out =
to be unsolvable or unprofitable to solve, in those cases it=E2=80=99s wise=
 to return to Exploratory Interviews and look for a new gap.=C2=A0

**Exit criteria**

There are two things I=E2=80=99m looking for before I move to Focused Inter=
views: a clear definition of the unmet needs I=E2=80=99ve found and a profi=
le of the people and companies most interested in solving them.=C2=A0I find=
 it helpful to document my assumptions in a shared document with my team be=
fore I move onto the next step. This keeps me honest and helps me remember =
what I thought was true when I first started out. I=E2=80=99ve done this re=
cently for a new project, hit reply if you want me to turn it into a templa=
te for you.=20

Thanks for reading,=C2=A0

Collin=C2=A0

PS - we=E2=80=99re starting to work on visuals for the cover design, any su=
ggestions? I=E2=80=99m pretty confident we=E2=80=99ll be sticking with The =
Terrifying Art of Finding Customers as a title. Part of me wants to try a T=
im Burton style but most of me thinks that=E2=80=99s a terrible idea.=20


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:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
Good morning Andrew, </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"lef=
t" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p sty=
le=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Have you ever sat do=
wn for a customer development interview, only to realize halfway through th=
e conversation that you=E2=80=99ve been chasing something they don=E2=80=99=
t actually care about? When I first started doing customer development inte=
rviews, I thought they were all about </span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 6=
2, 80);"><i>validating my ideas</i></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, =
80);">. In reality, my first conversations should have been about identifyi=
ng pains that were top of mind for them. </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
In today=E2=80=99s email, I=E2=80=99m going to dive into my process for Exp=
loratory Customer Development Interviews. These are the first interviews th=
at I use for finding the signs of a potential gap in the market. These are =
the first of four interview types that I use in my process to learn from pe=
ople and slowly walk them into a sales process (with their permission). The=
 following is an unedited excerpt from Chapter 3: Finding Product Market Fi=
t. I=E2=80=99m sending the second draft of my edits for Act 1 (chapters 1-3=
) today and then will move onto Act=E2=80=99s 2 & 3. Interestingly, there w=
ere 103 edits/comment requests for the first Act and only 41 for Act=E2=80=
=99s 2 & 3 so it feels like I=E2=80=99m making good progress on the meaties=
t section of the book. </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"l=
eft" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p s=
tyle=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Here=E2=80=99s the=
 tl;dr: </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"padding-bottom:12px;padding-l=
eft:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class=3D"ee"><div style=3D"m=
argin-left:0px;" class=3D"edm_outlooklist"><ul style=3D"list-style-type:dis=
c;margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p=
 style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=
=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b>Goal</b></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, =
62, 80);">: Identify high-impact, unmet needs by letting interviewees revea=
l their biggest pain points naturally, using open-ended questions to avoid =
steering the conversation.</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p =
style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b>Structure</b></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44=
, 62, 80);">: Follow a loose framework of Context, Progress, and Impact to =
uncover the day-to-day challenges</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ulte=
xt"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b>Gauge</b></span><span style=3D"color:rgb=
(44, 62, 80);">: Quantify the size of the opportunity by asking importance =
and satisfaction questions. </span></p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td id=
=3D"exploratory-customer-development-in" class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=
=3D"top" style=3D"color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 15px;text-al=
ign:left;"><h4 style=3D"color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal;"><span style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(102, 102, 102);"><b>Exploratory Customer Development Interviews</b=
></span></h4></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding=
:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><sp=
an style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Goal: Find a gap worth solving.=C2=A0</=
span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px=
 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">I use these interviews when I first start t=
o make sure that I=E2=80=99m focusing on the problem that is top of mind fo=
r the people I want to target. I use open ended questions and avoid steerin=
g the interview towards my problem space. A great outcome is one where the =
interviewee brings up your problem space first. An even better outcome is f=
inding a problem space you didn=E2=80=99t know existed. If you=E2=80=99re s=
urprised, that=E2=80=99s a good thing because it means it=E2=80=99s not obv=
ious and is less likely to have competitive startups working on the same th=
ing.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D=
"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color=
: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Each interview has three parts:=
 context, progress, and impact. Use these three as your loose guide to the =
conversation, you need to strike a balance between asking your questions an=
d letting the interviewee talk.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"=
dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:bre=
ak-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">You=
=E2=80=99re looking for patterns in the data and the data is only as reliab=
le as your interview process. If you ask a different set of questions to ev=
ery person, there will be no consistency. On the flip side, if you only ask=
 your questions, it can put you into checklist mode, which stifles the conv=
ersation.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" sty=
le=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"=
color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">A great customer developme=
nt interview gets the interviewee talking about their problems and telling =
stories. Don=E2=80=99t be afraid to go off script or to let someone go on a=
 tangent, sometimes these unexpected directions lead us somewhere important=
.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"pa=
dding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;=
"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=E2=80=A6 for more on asking good =
questions / running a good interview =E2=86=92 see the sales conversations =
chapter (</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><i>note from Collin:=
 coming later to this newsletter</i></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62,=
 80);">) or check out </span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><a clas=
s=3D"link" href=3D"https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.UY7-jEMcRLZ5W6M0=
bzLpmxPsH0CzFz7d378_tViZMe0xzDaZ9hXMxFQX4lOnx7DC67eUZ76ErghOdLpvo3PXeSFdSt7=
8Fvy9_qHQHJZKcXFSYTuURqN0x1lZ4UV4zBol_SEFfnVQnyKnbtxY-oiW-cYGQTwHAu2yFAPVjv=
u1X2ebIm80MEL_vOm1W1UkSGyMMmeuYevnAAFnU2lveHe7HQDc9felt29qkLuypCXDxuiFGLtJe=
EGBk202qjv6mycms_ILetOMDcCaBJBByzGFaA/4bh/7ez0Hbi-Qh2B6_QI7bQ-JA/h5/h001.09=
BixFZWoaCMmz_Sw9GtyUZeaGPEkX9q4MaR1DfZNxA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopene=
r noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick</span></a></sp=
an><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">. The two processes have very str=
ong overlaps in the skills required. Feel free to jump ahead to that chapte=
r and come back. One last note, you can thank Michel for the following inte=
rview format too.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"l=
eft" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p s=
tyle=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b><i>Context</i><=
/b></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b>=C2=A0</b></span></p></=
td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-=
align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"col=
or:rgb(44, 62, 80);">To understand the context of the potential customer I =
get them to walk me through a day in their life. These questions set the ta=
ble and direct the conversation to the high level problem space I want to u=
nderstand. Here are some questions I learned from Michel:=C2=A0</span></p><=
/td></tr><tr><td style=3D"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-rig=
ht:27px;padding-top:12px;" class=3D"ee"><div style=3D"margin-left:0px;" cla=
ss=3D"edm_outlooklist"><ul style=3D"list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px;pad=
ding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0p=
x;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, =
80);">When you walk in in the morning, what is the first thing you do every=
 day?</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;=
text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80=
);">How many applications do you log into?</span></p></li><li class=3D"list=
Item ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;=
"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">What applications do you love and =
why?</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;t=
ext-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80)=
;">Who do you report to</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p sty=
le=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(44, 62, 80);">What are you MBOs</span></p></li></ul></div></td></tr=
><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:l=
eft;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(=
44, 62, 80);">The questions work as a setup for the magic wand question. Th=
e magic wand question helps us understand what pains are top of mind for th=
e interviewee or the progress they would like to make. One of the biggest m=
istakes I made when I ran customer development interviews for the first tim=
e was not asking questions that quantified people=E2=80=99s pain. I showed =
them my idea, they said they liked it and I checked off my =E2=80=9Ccustome=
r development interview=E2=80=9D box. What this lead to was my team buildin=
g a CRM system that everyone said was a =E2=80=9Csmart idea=E2=80=9D but no=
body wanted to buy. Turns out that =E2=80=9Cgood idea=E2=80=9D was code for=
 =E2=80=9Cleave me alone=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
<b><i>Progress</i></b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"le=
ft" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p st=
yle=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">As I ran more inter=
views, I got better at asking questions and listening. I could identify unm=
et needs and articulate them as jobs to be done but I struggled to get inte=
rviewees to clearly articulate their importance. A lightbulb went off for m=
e when I read </span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><a class=3D"lin=
k" href=3D"https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.cPc6wt72QrqCAyicLPa6NVDw=
n117zTIh1i5RGPtWnsWVY04OM2P9d8XljIrJTu1iLjN2U4NDRb3KRJr3hboQoX5UR3vb5zTmYKd=
FZjNI-IimGfF3XhvBFiwnh0zNFjtPLMPSW2qthVs0w6Vv9dL_Fta9UhFcmjXLMT4eDk5CeXaGOq=
ZRaeqzFmqvbdPbQFpkJfjvLcPYhKio1502AJTA8UyO8LTRPK74gFTtIuvzChuTtjicwTMys_giG=
QkwebIWB06JBcDm5tWFVyjCmnJ7jns0FgMLtWtMS8SDMxZ0R3I/4bh/7ez0Hbi-Qh2B6_QI7bQ-=
JA/h6/h001.ANY5n_FgDdPZQNgk9YvCumQExvwoskdIS5oL2P22O80" target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Dan Olsen=E2=80=99s book, The Lea=
n Product Playbook</span></a></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
, and came across The Importance versus Satisfaction Framework. Dan propose=
d adding two questions to help rank the unmet needs an interviewee mentions=
.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"pa=
dding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;=
"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Next time an interviewee mentioned=
 an unmet need, I would ask two follow on questions:=C2=A0</span></p></td><=
/tr><tr><td style=3D"padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27=
px;padding-top:12px;" class=3D"ee"><div style=3D"margin-left:0px;" class=3D=
"edm_outlooklist"><ul style=3D"list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px;padding:=
0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;tex=
t-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"=
>On a scale of 1-10, how important is this to you?=C2=A0</span></p></li><li=
 class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-bre=
ak:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">On a scale of 1-10, =
how satisfied are you with how you=E2=80=99re currently solving it?</span><=
/p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"p=
adding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: =
;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">These two questions enable you to=
 visualize the unmet needs you=E2=80=99ve found as a quadrant. What we=E2=
=80=99re looking for are unmet needs that are very important (10/10) and ha=
ve low satisfaction (2/10) ratings.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
<b><i>Impact</i></b></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=C2=A0</s=
pan></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px =
15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Once you=E2=80=99ve found a high importance =
low satisfaction (HILS) problem, you=E2=80=99ve found motivation. The next =
step is to see if that motivation can be tied to sometime meaningful to the=
 company, more revenue, higher profits, or reduced risk. I=E2=80=99ll ask q=
uestions like:=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"padding-bottom:12=
px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class=3D"ee"><di=
v style=3D"margin-left:0px;" class=3D"edm_outlooklist"><ul style=3D"list-st=
yle-type:disc;margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=3D"listIte=
m ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><=
span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">If you were able to solve X - how wou=
ld that impact your department, KPIs, etc=E2=80=A6</span></p></li><li class=
=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:bre=
ak-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">If you were able to solve =
X - what would that mean to you personally?=C2=A0</span></p></li><li class=
=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:bre=
ak-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">How would that change your=
 role / your department?=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td =
class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-=
break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 8=
0);">If you can find a HILS problem that can be directly attributed to the =
bottom line, you=E2=80=99ve found yourself something special.=C2=A0</span><=
/p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;=
text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=
=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b><i>History</i></b></span></p></td></tr><tr><=
td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;wo=
rd-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62=
, 80);">Here are some questions that will help you better understand your i=
nterviewees and make your life easier when it comes time to build your firs=
t customer acquisition channel:</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"paddin=
g-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class=
=3D"ee"><div style=3D"margin-left:0px;" class=3D"edm_outlooklist"><ul style=
=3D"list-style-type:disc;margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=
=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:bre=
ak-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Tell me about the last tim=
e you tried to solve this problem?=C2=A0</span></p></li><li class=3D"listIt=
em ultext"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;">=
<span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">How have others in your organization=
 tried to solve this?=C2=A0</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p=
 style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=
=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">What resources (time, money, training) went int=
o solving it last time?</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p sty=
le=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Talk to me about your process for finding a solution=
=E2=80=A6=C2=A0</span></p></li><li class=3D"listItem ultext"><p style=3D"pa=
dding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(=
44, 62, 80);">If they found a solution ask follow on questions like =E2=80=
=9Chow did you hear about X?=E2=80=9D</span></p><ul style=3D"list-style-typ=
e:disc;margin:0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class=3D"listItem ultex=
t"><p style=3D"padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Where did they look, who did they ask, what =
did they buy, how did they find the last tool they bought, etc=E2=80=A6</sp=
an></p></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"le=
ft" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p st=
yle=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b><i>Note</i></b><=
/span><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><i>: These are variations of q=
uestions I=E2=80=99ve used in my customer development cheat sheet that I sh=
ared a few weeks back and were originally Mom Test questions. </i></span></=
p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;t=
ext-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">This last question will help you understand their =
buying process and will hint at the future demand generation channels you=
=E2=80=99ll need to build. If they haven=E2=80=99t tried solving the proble=
m with software, then ask about how they found a related product that they=
=E2=80=99ve already purchased.=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"d=
d" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:brea=
k-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">These=
 interviews will help you find unmet needs worth solving. When you think yo=
u=E2=80=99ve found something, it=E2=80=99s time to move to Focused Customer=
 Development Calls to validate that assumption. Keep in mind that moving fo=
rward in the process doesn=E2=80=99t mean you=E2=80=99ll never come backwar=
ds. Sometimes you=E2=80=99ll find a gap that looks real but turns out to be=
 unsolvable or unprofitable to solve, in those cases it=E2=80=99s wise to r=
eturn to Exploratory Interviews and look for a new gap.=C2=A0</span></p></t=
d></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-a=
lign:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(44, 62, 80);"><b>Exit criteria</b></span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">=
There are two things I=E2=80=99m looking for before I move to Focused Inter=
views: a clear definition of the unmet needs I=E2=80=99ve found and a profi=
le of the people and companies most interested in solving them.=C2=A0I find=
 it helpful to document my assumptions in a shared document with my team be=
fore I move onto the next step. This keeps me honest and helps me remember =
what I thought was true when I first started out. I=E2=80=99ve done this re=
cently for a new project, hit reply if you want me to turn it into a templa=
te for you. </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=
=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"co=
lor: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Thanks for reading,=C2=A0</s=
pan></p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px =
15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);">Collin=C2=A0</span></p></td></tr><tr><td cla=
ss=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-bre=
ak:break-word;"><p style=3D"color: ;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(44, 62, 80);=
">PS - we=E2=80=99re starting to work on visuals for the cover design, any =
suggestions? I=E2=80=99m pretty confident we=E2=80=99ll be sticking with Th=
e Terrifying Art of Finding Customers as a title. Part of me wants to try a=
 Tim Burton style but most of me thinks that=E2=80=99s a terrible idea. </s=
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