Frameworks
EVALUATE the Solution
There are many stages at which you might begin evaluating your solution.
In the age of AI, a lot of this can be done in parallel using AI tools for things like customer discovery and vibe coding for prototyping.
However you do it, don’t skip the live customer interviews and real customer engagement to deeply understand your customer.
The earlier your evaluate the better. That way you’ll only build what your customers really need.
Use these frameworks to guide you as you proceed through your venture
Example:
The commercial version of Drupal v1 was built without the “product management muscle” to evaluate the solution being offered early enough. The result was
This lesson is shared openly and vulnerably by the founder of Drupal and Acquia, , here:
“We could have learned all of that without having to write a single line of code.”
Startup Secret:
Build your product management before you build your product!
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