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Hacking #CustDev
DC Lean Startup Circle
Feb 21, 2012




Patrick Vlaskovits
@pv
hello@custdev.com
vlaskovits.com
About Patrick - @pv
Lean Startup Big Idea #1
The vast majority of startups fail NOT because
they couldn’t build a great product/technology,
   but because no one wanted the product.




One of Steve Blank’s Big Ideas 
How many cycles through the B-M-L
loop, not time.  Eric Ries’ Big Idea



Lean Startup
 Big Idea #2
Lean Startup Big Idea #3


   “Not only are the market applications for
disruptive technologies unknown at the time of
  their development, they are unknowable.”
           -Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma
Developing Customers & Your Product
Customer Development
How to do it:
Lean Startup Meta-Rules & Framework
    1) Question and Test Your
             Assumptions
      1a) Record them too!
     2) “Get Out of the Building”
 3) Do it again based on what you
         learned. (Iterate)


 BUZZWORD ALERT!
Minimum Viable Product
The Classic Smoke Test/MVP from 1975
Sophisticated Variants of the ‘Smoke Test’

Traffic  MVT/Landing Page  Conversion
Learning about customers is a lot like fishing…

Source/Referral/Channel
Messaging/Positioning
Pricing/CAC
Conversion Rate
Screenshots + LOI
“Ghetto Testing”
Off-Brand Apps & Sites
Browser Extension + Facebook
[Your competition] SUCKS!
 Place online ads that say “[*insert your
 competition here] sucks” that drive users of
 a competitive product to a landing page for
 lead generation for CustDev interviews.

 PRO-TIP: Do UX review on their products.

Source: In Witness Protection Program
The Magic Wand
  Ask the subject of your CustDev interview, “If
  you could wave a magic wand, what would
  you be able to do?”

Source: Cindy Alvarez
http://www.slideshare.net/cindyalvarez/kissinsi
  ghts-customer-development-tactics
The Magic Word
Ask the subject of your CustDev interview for
“advice” and don’t sell.
Price testing without charging
Confuse to Clarify
 Willfully mis-characterize a interviewee’s
 opinion to elicit further response in order to
 keep them talking and ensure you
 understand their position.

Source: Sachin Agarwal
“Phone Support”
 Upon sign-up for your application, ask if the
 user wants free phone support. If they
 affirm, prompt them for phone number and
 name.

Source: Dan Martell
Best Practices: Concierge/“Manual”-ation
Kickstarter
Now, what you got for me?

Original Post on CustDev Hacks here:
       http://vlskvts.co/hhqEB7
Outside of Tech Startups




Why do you think it takes 6-8 weeks to get your !@$&&^$@! snuggie?
Restaurants?
At the end of this preso…



                                  If you take nothing
                                  away from this preso –
                                  take at least this away




Let’s try to avoid building things nobody actually
  wants.
PDF
http://CustDev.com


Available on Amazon
as Paperback & Kindle
Reach out & say
hello@CustDev.com
@pv

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