Customer Discovery vs Feature Requests: What Should You Build?
Separate customer discovery from feature requests with an evidence ledger that records the job, consequence, workaround and smallest useful response.
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Finding your customers
Conversations, first sales and reasons to stay.
Customer Interview Questions for Founders: A Past-Behaviour Script
Use customer interview questions that explore recent behaviour, existing workarounds, consequences and buying decisions without leading people toward your idea.
Read the field noteHow to Find Your First Ten Customers as a Solo Founder
Find your first ten customers with a narrow segment, manual outreach, a clear first-use offer and a weekly learning ledger that separates interest from sales.
Read the field noteFounder Community vs Audience: Build Reasons to Return
Understand founder community vs audience through member relationships, useful participation and repeat attendance, with a practical community benefit ledger.
Read the field noteFounder Distribution on LinkedIn, Reddit and X Without Spamming
Build founder distribution on LinkedIn, Reddit and X through relevant discussion, honest affiliation and platform-aware participation rather than repeated pitches.
Read the field notePricing Your First B2B Product: Learn Value and Delivery Cost
Price your first B2B product by separating customer value, delivery cost and a clear billing unit, then use small, honest commercial tests to learn.
Read the field noteHow to Run a Paid Pilot Before Building the Full Product
Design a paid pilot before building with one outcome, clear data access, success measures and an end decision, while keeping manual delivery visible.
Read the field noteRetention Before More Features: Diagnose Why Users Do Not Return
Diagnose retention before adding features by separating acquisition fit, setup, first value and repeat-use failures, then review small cohorts honestly.
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