Guide startups through four customer development steps for market validation.
npx skills add https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook --skill four-steps
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: four-steps Source: https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook/tree/main/four-steps Command: npx skills add https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook --skill four-steps
Startup teams often struggle to locate early customers and validate a viable business model while still building product. The Four Steps to the Epiphany provides an actionable, iterative framework to discover customers (Discovery), validate value and price (Validation), create demand (Creation), and organize for scale (Company Building).
Interview 15+ potential customers outside the building, articulate six hypotheses across six categories, and decide whether to move from Discovery to Validation.
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Startup business model validation involves guiding teams through Customer Discovery and Validation to find early customers and test value propositions. You interview 15+ potential customers outside the building to articulate six hypotheses across six categories before moving to scaling.
Customer discovery for pre-product startups requires interviewing 15+ potential customers outside the building to articulate six hypotheses across six categories. This framework runs in parallel with product development to locate early customers and validate viable business models before scaling.
You should pivot your startup when customer validation fails to confirm a viable business model. The framework provides decision trees and pivot guidance to prevent premature scaling, helping founders reassess strategies for Existing, New, or Resegmented markets before committing further resources.
Customer development strategy changes significantly based on market type. The framework tailors specific actions and strategies for Existing, New, or Resegmented markets, ensuring that customer creation and sales roadmaps align with the unique demands of the target market type.
To develop a sales roadmap for early stage startups, use templates and checklists provided by the customer validation framework. This process helps translate founder-led interviews into a structured sales strategy that aligns with your validated business model and market type.
Startups fail at premature scaling by executing sales and marketing before validating a viable business model. Prevent premature scaling by strictly following the four-step customer development process, using decision trees to verify that customer discovery and validation are complete before company building.
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