
Running Lean

Defining a UVP forces you to answer the question: why is your product different and worth paying attention to?
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Document how you think your early adopters currently address these problems.
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List the top one to three problems
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Your objective is to define an early adopter, not a mainstream customer.
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Home in on early adopters
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Then identify any other actors (users, influencers, etc.) that will interact with these customers.
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A customer is someone who pays for your product.
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Think in the present
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Avoid groupthink