Book · 256 pages

The Right It

Alberto Savoia Paid Intermediate

Savoia, a former Google innovation lead, argues most ideas fail because they were never 'the right it', and he gives you cheap pretotypes (fake doors, mechanical turks, one-night stands) to get real demand data in days. Instead of asking people if they would use it, you watch whether they actually act. This is how you catch a nice-to-have before you spend a year on it.

  • Collect your own data on whether people will actually act, not just say yes
  • Pretotypes test demand in days for pennies before you build anything
  • Most ideas fail because the market did not want it, so test that first

It answers 2 questions

  1. How do I know if my idea is a real problem or just a 'nice to have'?
  2. How do I research market size and timing when I can only spend a weekend and have no budget for reports?

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