8. Interview tips
• Get psyched to hear thing you don’t want to hear
• Disarm “politeness” training
• Use the mom test (Behaviour not opinions)
• Listen, don’t talk
• Encourage but don’t influence
• Parrot back to confirm
• Say thank you
19. Paul Smith X X A bigger problem was having no time!
XX X
X X
X X X
Mark Briggs
Sipho
Ndlovu
Michael
Mandy
Greg
Linda
Julian
Richard
Siya
X
X
Older customers
Lived in a rural area!
20. Problem
interviews
Corporate
employees
looking to start
a business
Startup
Events
10
Interviews
Sought advice
or help with
starting the
business
7 / 53
Sought advice
or help
Most people
don’t spend a
lot of money
on seeking
help
Look for
sponsors and
offer the
programme for
free
21. CAN YOU… find early adopters?
1 Do 1 round of interviewing
2 Write up actual results
3 Analyze what you have learned
- New customer definition
- New customer problem
- New channel
2 / 10
Spent money
trying to solve
the problem
22. 2 / 10
Spent money,
time or effort
10 / 10
Spent money,
time or effort
1 What was different about customers that had the problem?
2 Is there a bigger problem worth solving?
3 Should you try targeting a different customer segment?
4 Should you try a different idea?
27. Interview customers
• Get out of the building
• Conduct customer interviews (Phone or face-to-face)
• Aim to do at least 20 interviews
• Aim to run and analyse 2 experiments
• Next presentation at 12:30
• Feel free to ask for help from Andrew or Paul after each round of
interviews
32. Create customer interview plan:
Put together a plan to speak to at least 10 customers tomorrow morning:
1. Friends and family (Facebook, Linkedin, Email, Cell phone)
2. Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn)
3. Online ads (Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, OLX, Gumtree)
4. Similar services (Competitor products, Products / services you use before/after)
5. Events (Conferences, Sporting events, Seminars, Meetups)
6. Bored people (Waiting in lines, Gautrain, Bus stops, Taxi ranks)
7. Cold calling (LinkedIn, Facebook, Google)
8. Public spaces (Events, Parks, conferences, Airports)
34. Task (5 MINS)
1 Brainstorm 5 different channels (Ways to find your customer)
2 Select the best channel.
3 Place your Channel / Experiment 1 column.
4 Return to your seats asap.
Customer
problem
Customer
problem
Customer
problem
Customer
problem
Customer
problem
Customer
problem
Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel
Channel Channel