Christof Gomez Mannfeld

Strategic business advisor & SOLVEE founder | Helping startup founders build a business around their product.

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4 questions that get customers to tell you the truth.

Most founders ask questions that only get polite answers. ↓

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People can't predict what they'll buy. They can tell you what they already did.

So ask about the past, not the future.

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Building alone is hard. You don't have to guess.

One practical idea for founders, every week.

Follow for the next one.

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6 things that feel like weakness but make you a better founder ↓

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Do one of these on purpose this week.

Most of the time nothing bad happens, and you learn something.

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Cutting costs won't save your startup. Learning faster will.

Here's what that means in practice. ↓

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Three ways to run more experiments.

1. Make each experiment take one week, not three.
2. Test the idea you're least sure about first.
3. Don't build features nobody has paid for yet.

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You have some users. But is it real demand?

How to tell the difference. ↓

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Check three numbers.

1. How many users came back in week two?
2. How many strangers paid you?
3. How many came from a referral?

Small numbers are fine at this stage. They show you what to fix while it's still cheap.