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Test and Validation
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The most productive way to test something is not by making MVPs. Even before that, what you can do is reaching out to customers and ask them. The usual way to do business is: "I'll build and they'll come". What if you just ask first, see if there's interest (aka traction), and from there build? You might be able to kill quickly the bad ideas. Or look for better ideas to make it more impactful. Just go and test. :) |
Rod Aparicio
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Pricing different than the convention (cost-plus pricing, hourly, input-based, market-based, etc.) is risky. It pushes you to think in different terms. Not only on what you do, but on what your customers actually get. It's harder, more complex and more fluid. It changes on the context, not on the work done or product itself. It changes on the customer. It pushes you to say no to most prospects. It pushes you to detach what you charge from what it costs you. This is all risky, as it means...
If you've considered pricing in options (3 being the magic number), the first thing that might've come up is naming them Gold, Silver and Bronze. The thing with this convention is that it pretty much says "winner, not-winner, loser", "you-have-money, you're-getting-there, poor". It carries judgement. It implies that the least expensive (or lower tier) is of low- to no-value. You don't want to buy things of low value. None of your customers do either. Here's the thing. All of your offers bring...
There's this thing in Europe that you have the right to disconnect. To totally disconnect from your job after hours, meaning you cannot and will not be bothered by your boss/employer/colleagues after your day is off and expected to even read whatever they tried to tell you. As it's against the law. Well, I tried this thing for the last 2 weeks. With a twist. I disconnected from everything. Emails? 260+ It's ok. Messages? A bunch. It's ok. Writing and publishing? Zero. And that's ok. Putting...