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Problem-Solution Navigator: A Mom Test Based Interview Template

GrowthHacking.World · Notion Marketplace (GrowthHacking.World) Freemium Beginner

A ready made structure for running and logging customer interviews the Mom Test way, so your manual research is captured instead of forgotten. Writing down what you hear each time is how you notice the moment the answers stop changing, which is your signal to stop and build. Practical scaffolding for turning conversations into a spec.

  • Prompts keep you focused on the problem and off pitching your solution
  • Logging every interview lets you see when new insight has dried up
  • Captured notes become the exact steps you later automate
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It answers 2 questions

  1. Do I need to be an expert in an industry to start a company in it?
  2. Everyone says do things that don't scale, but where's the line between that and just wasting weeks doing manual work?

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  1. The single best thing ever written on customer conversations. It teaches you to ask about the customer's life and past... momtestbook.com Book · ~130 pages The Mom Test Rob Fitzpatrick
  2. The definitive essay on where good ideas come from: notice problems you personally have, don't force it. Use it as the lens for... paulgraham.com Essay · ~20 min read How to Get Startup Ideas Paul Graham
  3. The essay that put 'product-market fit' into the startup vocabulary. Read it for the gut-level description of what PMF feels... pmarchive.com Essay · ~15 min read The Only Thing That Matters Marc Andreessen
  4. The permission slip to recruit users by hand, do things manually, and deliver 'insanely great' experiences to your first few... paulgraham.com Essay · ~15 min read Do Things That Don't Scale Paul Graham
  5. A short, pointed essay on why the best ideas grow organically out of the founder's own life and knowledge, the essence of... paulgraham.com Article · ~5 min read Organic Startup Ideas Paul Graham
  6. Naval's concept of 'specific knowledge', the thing that feels like play to you and work to everyone else, is the clearest... nav.al Article · ~20 min read How to Get Rich (specific knowledge, leverage & judgment) Naval Ravikant
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