Did you conduct interviews before you started building your product? If no, why not?
Tosin Adelowo
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If yes, what did you learn that you didn't know already?
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Gurkaran Singh@thestarkster
Well, I didn't conduct interviews before starting my product, but hey, who needs a crystal ball when you've got some good old user interviews, right? It's like debugging a code you haven't even written yet - unpredictable but essential!
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@thestarkster 😂 Yeah, the interviews can definitely be a distraction but everyone says it's very important. I'm of the school of thought that you should have something tangible and then speak to people
I think it depends on your defined outcome. I created a product to solve my own problem. My only outcome initially was usefulness to me. When my project came up organically in conversations, people started asking me questions about it. Then I started surveying people with some low level marketing. Currently have early access for folks to test and provide feedback.
What I learned so far is that people can be excited about a product, but it takes more effort to find the people who are willing to pay for your solution.