... content, or just consistency over a longer time than 3 weeks? Comment from Anastasiia(@alieksia): I think it should be a combination of building in public and talking about a problem that your product solves. The book The MomTest by Rob Fitzpatrick helped me a lot with how I approach talking about my product ...

... which is to get customer on my saas products with in first month For people who've actually cracked this do you ask directly, watch behavior instead of asking, offer something in exchange for a real conversation? What worked versus what sounded good but got you nothing useful? Comment from Ryan Tweed(@ryan_tweed): Hello, how are you pitching your product online? Are you asking friends and family to test

... real work was not adding a feature, it was avoiding the reason they walked away last time. Comment from Anastasiia(@alieksia): @shahroz_siddique  There is a book that helped me a lot with customer communication - "The MomTest: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You" by Rob Fitzpatrick Comment from Stacy Wycoff(@stacywycof83995): Shahroz, the question that changed things for me was not about my product ... ... matters more than most dashboards admit. The moment a manager has to open something to go find the answer, part of the value already leaked out of the day. Curious how Trackly decides what counts as needing attention today

... doing: touching a real problem vs. making noise about your product. The announcements fall flat because they're about you, but the forum question worked because it started with someone else's problem. It's the point behind "The Mom

... rereading parts of The MomTest, and it reminded me how easy it is to mistake politeness for validation. Someone says the idea sounds useful, they like the direction, they would definitely try it, and maybe they even suggest a few features. It feels like progress, but sometimes they are just being nice. The dangerous part is that polite feedback does not feel negative. It gives you just enough confidence to keep building without proving whether the problem is actually ... ... painful. I think the harder skill is learning to ignore compliments and look for behavior instead. How do you tell when users are genuinely interested

... thought we knew We assumed enterprise customers wanted the same things as our small business users, just more of it. More security. More control. More features. We never talked to them. We read blog posts. We looked at competitor pricing pages. We guessed. Here's what we missed: Procurement cycles. Enterprise deals take 6-12 months. We had 30-day sales cycles. We weren't built for that. Security reviews. We needed SOC2. We didn't have it. Customers asked ... ... look again? put whatever you like in the blank, maybe ready, maybe needed whatever it is. Comment from Vladyslav Yanishevskyi(@vladyslav_yanishevskyi): I feel like that kind of problems partially are solved in a book that is called "The Mom

... business part is destroying me. PMF is my nightmare. I tried customer interviews and bombed them. Either my ICP is wrong (sales teams at 50-500 person companies), my outreach was garbage, or both. I've read The MomTest twice and still can't tell if people are being polite or actually have this problem. What I'm learning the hard way: Customer interview without audience is an uphill battle Market complexity is 10x what I expected "Build ...

... willing to share honest feedback. My goal isn t to sell the idea, but to verify my assumptions and see if the problem I m addressing is real for them. A helpful framework I often refer to is The MomTest it s a great book about how to talk to users without leading them or asking questions that just validate your bias. Comment from Victor N(@viktorgems): I think you would start with a market analysi, look for trends ... ... code for people to sign up, as well. Super old school, but better than investing in a set of interviews. I've also tried Reddit searches and scrapes of posts to find pain points that my offering would address,

... even said the idea made sense. It s the first time I feel like I might be solving a real problem, not just building for fun. Right now I m working on a small MVP, nothing fancy. Just testing the waters and learning from feedback. Curious how others in here validated early ideas. Anything that worked for you? Or mistakes to avoid? Would love to learn from your experience. Comment from Karan Arora (@gamifykaran): In late 2023, we started ... ... already validated and make it better saves more time Comment from Furqaan(@chaosandcoffee): @helton_silva We posted about this on our newsletter ( https://ideatbd.com/ ): The $0 Validation Script Step 1: Pick a friend Not your cofounder, not your mom

... media that gets tens of thousands of views attracts hundreds of users drawn by the excitement of novelty and AI FOMO Founders try to add new features instead of listening (and truly listening) to their first users (i.e The MomTest) and iterating based on feedback Users become less and less active Founders think their project is no good anymore Project flops ...

... unfeatured or severely impact your launch Some other notes to consider: We've gotten stricter on keeping true to our Featuring Guidelines . We highly recommend making a draft and sharing with folks to make sure it passes the "momtest" -> do they get what you're launching? If you can quickly Google a solution that similar to what you're launching then really make sure your launch stands out. Focus on highlighting what's special about your product

... leading questions, especially considering that these people are likely to be positive towards you. Try to not mention the solution and try to figure out what problem the customer actually wants to solve. I'd recommend reading the Momtest and reading about the Jobs-to-be-done framework. Both of those have helped me a lot. Comment from Soumil Rathi(@soumilrathi): @atal163 Thanks! Comment from Luka B(@lukab): Hi, I'm starting a new project soon and I will ...

... simulate customer interviews would love to learn more about how each of you currently handle this to make the product even better! Comment from Dan Gower(@dan_gower): I highly recommend reading a book called The MomTest. It will help you focus on addressing the customer's JTBD (job to be done) and steer clear of feedback that feels good but ultimately doesn't help. Comment from Soumil Rathi(@soumilrathi): @dan_gower I've read the book ...