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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

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Every single person that contributes to building a product, all of the makers in the room, we need to care about our customers, we need to make sure that what we’re building is going to work for them, and I want to introduce some ideas that will help you do that. What I saw was they were talking to customers periodically.

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Product in Practice: Mapping Business and Product Outcomes to Stand Out in the Job Search

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It’s often more common to see project-based user research rather than an ongoing, iterative discovery process.” Applying Continuous Discovery Concepts to the Job Search When it was time for Teeba to look for her next role, she decided that it was important to identify candidate/market fit. “I

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Ask Teresa: For Customer Interviews, Who Counts as a Customer?

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Whenever I introduce the topic of customer interviews (the foundational element of continuous discovery ), I get a lot of questions about who counts as a customer. Tweet This Ask Teresa: Who counts as a customer? Customers can vary depending on your company and product. Tweet This Let’s look at a few common scenarios.

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Product in Practice: Making Customer Interviewing a Habit in an Early-Stage Startup

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Sometimes it’s because they’ve personally experienced a pain point and want to address it. This means that even when startup founders are motivated to test their ideas, they are more likely to notice the evidence that suggests their idea is fantastic and miss the evidence that suggests their idea is flawed. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Ask Teresa: What Do You Do with Atypical Customer Stories?

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When we interview customers , our goal is to learn as much as we can about their context. This will help us understand their specific needs, pain points, and desires (otherwise known as opportunities) which will inform our product decisions. ‘Atypical’ is not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to customer stories.

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The Interview Snapshot: How to Synthesize and Share What You Learned from a Single Customer Interview

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When you start interviewing customers every week, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by how much you are learning. When we use our customer interviews to collect specific stories about past behavior, every conversation can uncover dozens of unmet customer needs, pain points, and desires (AKA opportunities).

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Story-Based Customer Interviews Uncover Much-Needed Context

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Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Tweet This An early customer interviewing mistake is to spend your interview time exploring your solution ideas. You can learn more about assumption tests here.