Professional Documents
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Warm Up
Find Your Match! Find (3) three other people in the Bootcamp that have a similar business to you Similarities can be based on the following: Target Customer Product Industry Business Model
Once you have found 3 people with similar businesses, you will be asked to report on why your businesses are similar
Homework Review
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Who are you solving the problem for What is the profile of this person / group
How is the Pain being Solved What other solutions are there How are people solving their problem
The Market Size How many customers How much do they spend a year
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Competitor Analysis
Competitor
Experimentation Design
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2. Know the difference between discovering the dial and knowing how the dial works
Designing the RIGHT experiment allows you to be intentional about what you are testing as you go through the discovery process
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Group Exercise
Focus on One Variable, Be Creative, Be Bold
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Group Exercise
Company A: Schedule Management Tool for Barbers / Beauty Salons
Company B: Elementary after school tutoring program that teaches math fundamentals through activity
Company D: Online wish-list and basket for Troops / Military Personal serving overseas
Product Focus
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we know that it is faster to solve one problem than two at the same time
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Crap
Additional Features
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Step 2: Outline the steps necessary for a customer to achieve this value
Step 4: Identify the features that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to achieve the purpose remove everything else
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Step 2:
Process
Shelters need to communicate that they have open beds
Step 3:
Product Feature
Online platform for uploading bed inventory
Step 4:
SMS zip code text for bed availability in area Online user profile and ID generator SMS reservation tool using unique ID
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Step 2: Outline the steps necessary for a customer to achieve this value
Step 4: Identify the features that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to achieve the purpose remove everything else
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Homework
This Week: Assignment 1: Design and execute an experiment that allows you to get feedback from at least (20) twenty potential customers on your product feature identification map:=
Assignment 2:
Interview (2-3) people who work in your target industry to better understand how similar businesses make money: 1. Typical business model used 2. How companies price their product / service 3. The typical costs associated with delivering the product to customers 4. Common strategies used to acquire and sale to customers 5. The average profit margins of companies
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Parting Reminders
1) Tweet what you enjoyed about todays session (#IncNYCBC)
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