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In April 2021, a Product Leader from Stripe named Shreyas Doshi published a story called “Destined to Fail: A B2B Product Management story”. It was the first time I came across the idea of Customer Problem Stack Ranking as a way to think about customer discovery or idea validation — needless to say, it changed the way I’ve thought about building products ever since. Original artwork shown below was produced by Shaun Miller. I hope you find it as impactful as I did! Daniel Once upon a time, there was an idea for a new product. The Product Manager (or founder) diligently goes out and talks to customers to understand whether this product will solve their problems. And customers say yes! The PM reports her findings to the executive team and everyone gets very excited. Staffing and budget are successfully obtained. Soon after, following all the best Lean Startup and Product Management principles, they ship the first version of the new product. But hardly any customers adopt it… At the fir

Shreyas Doshi's Guide to Validating & Prioritizing Ideas 25 May Written By Daniel Kyne In April 2021, a Product Leader from Stripe named Shreyas Doshi published a story called “ Destined to Fail: A B2B Product Management story ”. It was the first time I came across the idea of Customer Problem Stack Ranking as a way to think about customer discovery or idea validation — needless to say, it changed the way I’ve thought about building products ever since. Original artwork shown below was produced by Shaun Miller . I hope you find it as impactful as I did! Daniel Once upon a time, there was an id

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