Goal of phase 2c: Develop a deep understanding of a customer, how they work, their pain , and where it is
:r felt. This first customer meeting with someone is a "give-and-take" , you have to give something for them to
feel that it's worth a meeting. In exchange for them talking to you, you will share your problem
;8 presentation. You might carry a tape recorder and a notebook, others find it useful to bring a digital camera
o and take pictures of the whiteboard as you make notes. Your goal is NOT to pitch your product but to
validate your understanding of the problem.
Author:
Approval:
Presenter:
Business Execution
Business Execution , Business Vision
Business Execution , Business Vision
Time/Effort: 5-15 days of customer visits by VP Business Execution or Business Visionary
- The most important question to ask
1. What is the one thing you want to buy?
2. Which leads to ...
3. How do you do it today (if at all)?
4. How much does it cost you today?
- How do your target customers work?
I. Ask them how their job/life works today
2. Ask them to describe the workflow/design flow
3. Listen and understand.
4 . Do not sell or even explain what you are doing, the goal is to understand what they are doing.
- What is the biggest pain in how they work?
1. If they could wave a magic wand and change anything in what they do what would it be?
2. This is the IPO question - listen carefully.
3. Ask 3 variants around this question
- What is the organizational impact of this pain?
1. Individual?
2. Departmental?
3. Corporate?
4. Quantify the impact (dollars, time, costs, etc.)
- What would make the customer change the current way they do things?
I . Price?
2. Features?
3. New standard?
- If they had a product like this .... (describe ours in conceptual terms) .. . ?
I. What percentage of their time could be spent using the product?
2. How mission critical is it?
3. Would it solve the pain they mentioned earlier?
4. What would be the barriers to adopting a product like this?
- Who do they think have similar products?
I. Who else is an innovator in this space? (Other companies)
2. Where else in their company has this been tried?
3. Is anyone else in side their company trying to build this product?
- How do they learn about new products?
1. Trade Shows. Do they go? Do others in their company go?
2. Magazines. What do they read? What do they trust? What do their bosses read?
3. Sales People. Who are the best?
4. Who are the visionaries in the press/analyst community that they read/respect?
- Can these customers be helpful in the future?
1. For the next round of conversations?
2. For an advisory board?
3. As a paying customer?
4 . Refer you to other to talk to?
Goal of phase 2c: Develop a deep understanding of a customer, how they work, their pain , and where it is
:r felt. This first customer meeting with someone is a "give-and-take" , you have to give something for them to
feel that it's worth a meeting. In exchange for them talking to you, you will share your problem
;8 presentation. You might carry a tape recorder and a notebook, others find it useful to bring a digital camera
o and take pictures of the whiteboard as you make notes. Your goal is NOT to pitch your product but to
validate your understanding of the problem.
Author:
Approval:
Presenter:
Business Execution
Business Execution , Business Vision
Business Execution , Business Vision
Time/Effort: 5-15 days of customer visits by VP Business Execution or Business Visionary
- The most important question to ask
1. What is the one thing you want to buy?
2. Which leads to ...
3. How do you do it today (if at all)?
4. How much does it cost you today?
- How do your target customers work?
I. Ask them how their job/life works today
2. Ask them to describe the workflow/design flow
3. Listen and understand.
4 . Do not sell or even explain what you are doing, the goal is to understand what they are doing.
- What is the biggest pain in how they work?
1. If they could wave a magic wand and change anything in what they do what would it be?
2. This is the IPO question - listen carefully.
3. Ask 3 variants around this question
- What is the organizational impact of this pain?
1. Individual?
2. Departmental?
3. Corporate?
4. Quantify the impact (dollars, time, costs, etc.)
- What would make the customer change the current way they do things?
I . Price?
2. Features?
3. New standard?
- If they had a product like this .... (describe ours in conceptual terms) .. . ?
I. What percentage of their time could be spent using the product?
2. How mission critical is it?
3. Would it solve the pain they mentioned earlier?
4. What would be the barriers to adopting a product like this?
- Who do they think have similar products?
I. Who else is an innovator in this space? (Other companies)
2. Where else in their company has this been tried?
3. Is anyone else in side their company trying to build this product?
- How do they learn about new products?
1. Trade Shows. Do they go? Do others in their company go?
2. Magazines. What do they read? What do they trust? What do their bosses read?
3. Sales People. Who are the best?
4. Who are the visionaries in the press/analyst community that they read/respect?
- Can these customers be helpful in the future?
1. For the next round of conversations?
2. For an advisory board?
3. As a paying customer?
4 . Refer you to other to talk to?
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