Mar 25, 2021

Please Collect Product Feedback Before You Launch

By Get To Traction • Issue #18 • View online

I realize this post probably isn’t for you because when you launch you’re going to get millions of users on day one, right? The truth is most products don’t survive their first contact with customers. It’s better (and cheaper) to find out as much about your customer and how they interact with your product BEFORE the big launch. Don’t wait until everything is perfect before you ask potential customers their opinion!

~Diane

PS: Kudos to all of you who are working through the Weekly Sprints!

Weekly Sprint - Set a 30-Day Objective: What will you accomplish 30 days from now? Define it as a SMART goal. What’s a reasonable goal and what’s a stretch goal (ala Google OKR’s)? What one thing, no matter how big or small, would push your startup forward the most?

Focus on Your First 10 Systems, Not Just Your First 10 Hires

Kevin Fishner, Chief of Staff at HashiCorp, unpacks why the systems side of company building doesn’t get as much attention and digs into the nitty-gritty details of how they set and track progress toward goals, and make decisions through writing.

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Running a Successful Membership / Subscription Program

A membership program should be seen as an accelerant for work you must do. A less-analytical look at demystifying the work and stresses of setting off on your own through the creative wilds of the world.

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Why Your Startup Needs to Build the Product Your Customers Aren’t Expecting

If your startup gets into the habit of always giving your customers what they want, you might be on a slow road to failure. Here’s how to detect and avoid that trap.

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7 Strategies for Collecting Product Feedback

Collecting product feedback can be time-consuming & expensive. Use these strategies for collecting feedback before you launch to ensure you’re building products people need.

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How To Accelerate Your Product-Led Growth With Jobs To Be Done

How you can apply the ‘jobs to be done’ theory to help accelerate your product-led growth. Two processes that lead to product adoption: Demand Synthesis and Hiring Process.

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