{"id":532,"date":"2014-07-23T15:42:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/?p=532"},"modified":"2014-07-23T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:58:25","slug":"put-this-hammer-down-why-do-customer-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/put-this-hammer-down-why-do-customer-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Put this Hammer Down &#8211; Why do Customer Discovery ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0009-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0009\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0009-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0009-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debane.org\/franck\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0009.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen you have a hammer everything looks like a nail\u201d  -Bernard Baruch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here, the hammer is your solution and the nails are your customers. I am sure you have already found lots of nails for your hammer. But please take a closer look at those nails. They are screws. <\/p>\n<p>Put the hammer down and look at that poor screw. If it\u2019s actually a nail, take the hammer back and take a swing, but if it\u2019s a screw, you will need something else.<\/p>\n<p>Many entrepreneurs start by building the solution they have imagined (a hammer) and then come up with a list of potential customers that could be interested (screws that look like nails) and hit them with their solution.<\/p>\n<p>And the screw says ouch. The entrepreneur don&#8217;t hear the screw and hit harder, ouch, and then try to hit another screw. But the end of the day, the entrepreneur is exhausted that the nothing has being build.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur should really look at the screw, understand what type of screw it is, how the head is, the thread, the length, the alloy. And then think about the tool he can use for the job.<\/p>\n<p>So put the hammer down and take a close look at that screw and decide what the solution should be.  Don\u2019t hit the screw on the head.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s called Customer Discovery. Remember, no hammer allowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you have a hammer everything looks like a nail\u201d -Bernard Baruch Here, the hammer is your solution and the nails are your customers. 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