Seeking: Soft Landing in the Market
The best way to make sure your future customers love your "thing" as much as you do is to confirm along the way that it is what they want! So first, you need to really, really understand the problem the customer faces. And make sure they agree your thing works in their hands as well as it does in yours.
Many Paths to Success
We have brought enough products to market to recognize there is no one way to do it. Heavyweight, Lightweight, No Discernable Process - they can all work. What best predicts success is checking and re-checking that there's a good match between what you're making and what your end-users need.
Needs Check
We recommend a simple two-step practice to speed up your time-to-success.
First, confirm that you understand the problem you are trying to solve for your customer better than they understand it themselves.
Double-Check
Second, as the team hones and perfects your product or service, do a reality check with some potential customers to make sure that it works as well for them in their world as it does in your hands.
It is way easier to make changes before release than it can be if you have to make changes after you've shipped!
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