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Your goal is to validate that your product or service is seen as a viable solution to the
customer’s problem and is viewed as being of value. In addition, you want to gain insights
to help you build the best product possible.

Examples of questions to ask at this phase include:

[Walk them through the problems you believe your solution solves.] What do you
think of this product?

Listen for both compliments and criticisms. The best case scenario is they say
how much they love it and ask how much it costs.

What do you like most about the product?

This may help you prioritize your product roadmap or sales copy.

What do you dislike most about the product?

If you notice a pattern of people complaining strongly about something, it

may be worth investing in having it improved.

What could be improved about the product?

You don’t need to take every single piece of feedback you get to your
engineers, but look for patterns to help you prioritize product development.

How could your experience be improved?

What’s the hardest part about using the product?

What feature(s) do you wish the product had?

What features do you wish were removed from the product?

What would make you motivated to recommend the product to a friend or

colleague?

To learn more about customer development, check out my book Amazon.com: Customer
Development for Entrepreneurs: How to Test Startup Ideas and Build Products People Love
eBook: Mike Fishbein: Kindle Store
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Rodney Echols, Introvert 2.0 making life easier with the help of digital tools
Answered Nov 30, 2012

Originally Answered: What questions are you asking customers to verify a mvp?
I do think the questions regarding validation should be would geared towards "will you
take action" ?

Very directly( for example) 

Here it is. This is what it does.

Call to action:
Will you buy?
Will you be my customer ?(sign up your email to get updates)

I think the
"Will you tell your friends to buy it ? "
 one is a little weak because many people do it just because it is expected and makes them
appear "nice" or "cool" for discovering new stuff. Unless you are just building market size
for research, I don't think telling friends would validate that you have a sellable good or
service.

That is the point. Validate = some one would pay or be interested (if not a consumer
product)
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