The Rules for Customer Interviews

LIFFFT's Whiteboard Wednesday videos on Customer Development.
Talking to your customers is the bread and butter of customer development. The knowledge you gain from these conversations should be the basis for every decision you make about your product. But there are some common traps that are easy to fall into during these interviews.
Today, Zac is going to explore The Rules for Customer Interviews. Break them at your own risk!
The Rules:
1) No pitching.
2) No "ice cream questions"
3) Pull, don't push.
4) "N of 1" is not proof.
5) Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.
6) Ideal self vs Actual self
7) Stories are better than statements
To download the accompanying handout for this video, check out www.liffft.com/documents/Cust...

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  • @MrCdinic
    @MrCdinic5 жыл бұрын

    Please correct: 'Customer development is all about validating your assumptions....' this is not true. This mindset contributes to the massive 90% failure rate we have in the startup industry. CustDev is all about 'Invalidating' you're asumptions to avoid confirmation bias. If you try to validate something, you will. It's easy, even when it's the wrong thing to build.

  • @ananthvankipuram4012

    @ananthvankipuram4012

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sage advice also disseminated by Rob Fitzpatrick in his mom test book

  • @salmansalahuddin4870
    @salmansalahuddin48702 жыл бұрын

    Short Summary 1) No Pitching 2) Don't ask questions that offer something to the user 3) Never push any information/your opinions onto the user 4) Unusual answers by a single person are not enough to come to a conclusion 5) No hypothetical questions 6) Don't ask questions that makes the interviewee give ideal answers 7) Aim for stories not statements

  • @rikvandenreijen
    @rikvandenreijen5 жыл бұрын

    How did this video not get more views? Great tips! Thanks guys.

  • @fredsargenesis
    @fredsargenesis8 жыл бұрын

    I was surprised to hear such unconventional good advices from a team of youngsters... Really good and interesting.

  • @nataliekostina128
    @nataliekostina1283 жыл бұрын

    Guys, you`re so amazing! Thank you so much for this videos!

  • @redpixierose
    @redpixierose10 жыл бұрын

    Looking good, you guys. I'm totally stealing this for a workshop pre-Startup Weekend Sheffield

  • @calvinfuhriman449
    @calvinfuhriman4496 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the burp at 6:47. lol.

  • @erykobzejta821

    @erykobzejta821

    6 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if it was the meatball sandwich or the starbucks muffin

  • @Greatblakhoosh

    @Greatblakhoosh

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@erykobzejta821 definitely the meatball sandwich

  • @santiherrero5912
    @santiherrero59127 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you very much from Venezuela

  • @madphill
    @madphill8 жыл бұрын

    Very well done!

  • @sophymcnamara7126
    @sophymcnamara7126 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid, thank you!

  • @Psych2go
    @Psych2go8 жыл бұрын

    How did companies like Buzzfeed go about doing customer discovery to grow as big as they are today?

  • @FaJeCliP
    @FaJeCliP6 жыл бұрын

    Hi! Really great video! What are the best books on the subject of costumer interviews?

  • @LukeAvedon
    @LukeAvedon5 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff!

  • @erykobzejta821
    @erykobzejta8216 жыл бұрын

    I feel seeing a full customer interview would really help me see how to utilize Customer Interviews properly (within Steve Blank's methodology)... can anyone point me to any good resources?

  • @Synneeriksen96
    @Synneeriksen965 жыл бұрын

    HAH I feel attacked by the diet question :´) but this was really usefull!

  • @AmericasComic
    @AmericasComic3 жыл бұрын

    *WHERE CAN I BUY THIS DOG SHAMPOO!!!!!*

  • @ViaanseboyMike
    @ViaanseboyMike Жыл бұрын

    Did someone behind the camera burped at 06:48? 😆

  • @aboidrees
    @aboidrees2 жыл бұрын

    someone belch at the end of the video 06:46 😂😂😂😂