Customer Discovery

The cluster focuses on advice for startups and product developers to identify potential customers early, talk to them to understand their real needs, and build products around what customers actually want and will pay for, rather than assumptions.

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Sample Comments

manasnutcase β€’ Aug 17, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Find some customers before building the product. Make sure you build what they think they need.. not what you think they need.

eska β€’ Oct 11, 2020 β€’ View on HN

TLDR ask your customers what they care about instead of just showing them what your product does.

justaguyhere β€’ Mar 5, 2020 β€’ View on HN

Or customers don't yet know they need your product

cpursley β€’ Apr 20, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Why not pursue customers first?

shankar1221989 β€’ Jan 24, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Who is your first customer? Build your product around him.

ashishg β€’ May 30, 2011 β€’ View on HN

"Who will be your first customer?" "Why do they need it?"

x0054 β€’ Oct 19, 2019 β€’ View on HN

It’s business 101, you have to make your customers need you :)

uptown β€’ Sep 28, 2011 β€’ View on HN

Your problems may not be their problems. Their "problem" is learning as much about their customers as possible. This solution precisely scratches that itch.

brlewis β€’ May 23, 2007 β€’ View on HN

Find one well-connected customer who cares a lot about the way your product is better.

davidu β€’ Oct 14, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Consider that you may not be their target customer, so it might seem vague to you -- but to people in their target customer market, it may be perfect. To me, they clearly communicate their value prop, which is, to help me "Deliver the best experiences for every customer across desktop, mobile web, and mobile apps."