Rob Fitzpatrick

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.

How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

The Mom Test

A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction

Write Useful Books

Devin Hunt

Need to run a workshop? Your attendees are trusting you with their time and attention. What are you giving them in return? Most workshops don't work. They fail to deliver real results and they fail to keep the audience energetic and engaged. They're stressful to run and painful to attend. Designing and running a brilliant workshop is easier than you think. It's not about flashy showmanship or natural charisma. Instead, it's about following a set of clear, simple rules for structuring and arranging the day. Discover and use key design principles such as: Naturally refresh and maintain the audience's attention and energy by alternating the "teaching format" (e.g. lecture, small group discussion, hands-on practice) every 20 minutes and making strategic use of good breaks Dramatically improve your educational impact by choosing an exercise which is properly matched to the type of knowledge/skill/wisdom currently being taught Save dozens of hours by beginning your design process with a simple "skeleton" of Learning Outcomes and timings rather than jumping straight into slides and materials Finish on time, every time, by intentionally designing flexible "schedule springs" into your session, allowing you to seamlessly adjust to delays and bad luck, and to ensure that everyone learns what they came for without running late The first half of the book covers everything you'll need to know about designing and refining the session itself. With a good design in hand, teaching a brilliant workshop goes from arduous to nearly automatic. The second half of the book shifts from ahead-of-time design to day-of facilitation. Learn the essential facilitation needed to solve unexpected problems and run a smooth, stress-free workshop: Reliable tools and tactics for crowd control, recovering attention, and shifting between tasks (without feeling like you're fighting against your audience) Clear guidance for picking the best room setup, and also improving a "bad" room to make the most of it Spotting and problem-solving the six major types of "difficult" attentees who are being either accidentally or intentionally disruptive (including the most common issue of bringing a hostile expert onto your side) Checklists and reminders of what to bring, what to do, and when to do it, in order to ensure that nothing gets forgotten, overlooked, or lost At no point in the book will we ask you to "put on a big smile" or "project confidence". That's fluffy BS which doesn't work. Instead, we'll give you clear, concrete tools for managing a crowd and seamlessly guiding everyone to an effective outcome. Why we're the right authors to help you succeed Over the last 15 years, we've designed and run a huge number of successful workshops (and a few major flops) covering every type of audience: executives, undergrads, MBAs, disadvantaged youths, busy professionals, and more. We've designed everything from 20-minute teasers to 3-month intensives, in locations ranging from Costa Rica and Qatar to London and Berlin. We've taught for companies like HP and Deloitte and for universities like Oxford and NYU. We've built workshops for every price point, from free upskilling (paid for by the state or employer) through to $4000-per-seat premium events. We've taught casual sessions, with beer in hand and flip-flop on foot, through to formal, posh affairs with glitzy venues and high-end catering. In every case, no matter where it was located or who it was for, the process outlined in these pages worked. Perhaps most importantly, we can teach you how to do this. We've trained up teachers from scratch who are now billing upwards of $5000 per day and getting invited back to teach again and again. This stuff isn't complicated. You can learn it!

How to Design and Teach Educational Workshops That Work Every Time

The Workshop Survival Guide

This guide contains everything I know about how to design, test, and refine nonfiction that is able to endure for years, get recommended, and grow on its own. Whether you're aiming for this guide can help you get there.

Write Useful Books: A Modern Approach to Designing and Refining Recommendable Nonfiction

A Modern Approach to Designing and Refining Recommendable Nonfiction

¿Tienes una idea de negocio y no sabes si va a funcionar? ¿Hablas con tus clientes y les parece un buena idea pero no cierras ninguna venta? ¿O simplemente te cuesta hablar con clientes y no sabes por dónde empezar? Este libro es la solución. TODOS TE MIENTEN Dicen que no debes preguntarle a tu madre si tu idea de negocio es buena, porque ella te quiere y por tanto, dirá lo que sea necesario para hacerte feliz. Técnicamente, esto es cierto, pero la cuestión no es si debemos o no preguntar, sino cómo preguntamos. Preguntarle a alguien si tu negocio va a funcionar no es una buena idea. La gente, en general, no quiere herir tus sentimientos, y te va a mentir o a dar falsas expectativas (al menos un poco). No es responsabilidad de ellos decirte la verdad. Es tu responsabilidad encontrarla. VALE LA PENA APRENDER A HACERLO BIEN Hablar con clientes es una de las competencias más importantes para desarrollar un negocio con éxito, tanto para el Desarrollo de Clientes como a la hora de aplicar la metodología Lean Startup. Todos sabemos que debemos hablar con los clientes. Pero nadie nos explica lo difícil que es hacerlo bien y lo fácil que es meter la pata. Con este libro aprenderás cómo pueden ir mal tus conversaciones con clientes y cómo las puedes mejorar. Es una guía rápida y práctica que te va a ahorrar tiempo, dinero y sufrimiento. Publicado por primera vez en inglés en el 2013, el libro ha tenido una aceptación creciente a lo largo de los años. Las ventas no han parado de crecer sostenidamente hasta colocarse en 2019 en la posición top-ventas en dos categorías en Amazon. Actualmente, se enseña en universidades como Harvard, MIT y UCL; se recomienda en aceleradoras de start-ups de alto prestigio como YC y Seedcamp; y ha sido traducido por lectores entusiastas a más de diez idiomas. Rob es emprendedor tecnológico y desde el 2007 ha estado abriendo (y cerrando) empresas. Con un perfil técnico y significativamente tímido, se ha pasado la mayor parte del tiempo creando productos guiado por falsas señales. Todo su aprendizaje como emprendedor, junto con su extenso trabajo como formador y asesor de startups, está concentrado en este libro en forma de guía práctica, fácil y rápida de aplicar en la vida real.

Cómo Mantener Conversaciones con Tus Clientes y Validar Tu Idea de Negocio Cuando Todos Te Mienten

El Mom Test

Fired up by funk, rock, ska and soul, the Red Hot Chili Peppers created a run of hit albums. Rock writer Rob Fitzpatrick explores the group's musical genius, singular personalities, and success in taking underground music mainstream.

The Stories Behind Every Song

Red Hot Chili Peppers

comment parler avec les clients et apprendre si votre idée d'entreprise est bonne, quand tout le monde vous ment

Le mom test

Mark Roland

Gods of Rock

Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis grew up in Hollywood, hustling a living with his actor father. He eventually discovered music and fell in with Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons, and Michael "Flea" Balzary to form the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Fired up by 1970s funk, rock, ska, and soul, the band fought, split, kissed, made up, and then fought again. This collision of singular personalities and musical genius resulted in a run of albums and reputation as a formidable live act. By the end of the 1980s, though, the band was one man down, with lead guitarist Hillel Slovak dying from a drug overdose. The struggle gave rise to 1989's groundbreaking Mother's Milk album. Pre-dating Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers was the first underground band to take what critics dubbed "alternative rock" into the mainstream charts. In 1991, Blood Sugar Sex Magik compounded the Chili Peppers' success, turning its members into bona fide rock stars and plunging them headlong into a riot of drugs, sex, near-death experiences, and spiritual awakening. This book looks at the group through dozens of photographs, and examines the music and stories of one of the most original bands on the planet.

Give It Away: The Stories Behind Every Song

Dizem que você não deve perguntar para sua mãe se seu negócio é uma boa ideia, afinal de contas ela lhe ama.Isto está tecnicamente correto, mas não é o ponto mais importante. Você não deveria perguntar para ninguém se a sua ideia é boa. Essa é uma péssima pergunta e todos vão mentir para você, nem que seja só um pouco. Não é dever dos outros lhe dizer a verdade. É seu dever descobrí-la.Conversar com clientes é um dos fundamentos do Customer Development e da Lean Startup. Todos nós sabemos que precisamos conversar com eles, mas parece que ninguém quer admitir que fazer isto é difícil.Este livro vai lhe mostrar o que há de errado com o jeito mais comum de conversar com clientes e como você pode fazer melhor. Prepare-se para ler um guia rápido e prático que vai lhe poupar tempo, dinheiro e talvez um coração partido.

Como Conversar Com Clientes E Descobrir Se Sua Ideia É Boa, Mesmo Com Todos Mentindo Para Você

O Teste Da Mãe

SIE WERDEN ANGELOGENMan sagt, dass Sie niemals Ihre Mutter fragen sollten, ob Ihre Geschäftsidee gut ist, denn sie liebt Sie und wird deswegen lügen. Stimmt, verfehlt aber das eigentliche Argument! Sie sollten niemanden fragen, ob Ihre Geschäftsidee gut ist. Diese schlecht formulierte Frage fordert die Leute implizit dazu auf, Sie zumindest teilweise anzulügen. Niemand ist verpflichtet, uns die Wahrheit zu sagen. Es ist unsere Aufgabe, sie zu finden. STELLEN SIE RICHTIGE FRAGENKundeninterviews sind eine der zentralen Fähigkeiten von Customer Development und Lean Startup. Wir alle wissen um ihre Notwendigkeit, leugnen aber, dass es eine schwierige Sache ist, die schnell in die Hose gehen kann.Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, warum Kundengespräche oft falsch geführt werden und vor allem, wie Sie es besser machen können. Sie halten hier eine schnelle und praktische Anleitung in Händen, die Ihnen Zeit, Geld und Kopfweh erspart.

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