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Honest lessons on customer discovery, validation, and what it actually takes to get real users to pay before you build.

Customer Discovery

Misinterpreting User Feedback: Are You Hearing What You Want to Hear?

You left the meeting feeling like you had a genuine signal. Then came the silence. One of the most common and most costly patterns in early-stage building is hearing what you want to hear — and here's how to stop.

Katerina6 min read
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Customer Discovery

How Do You Know If Anyone Will Pay Before Building?

Most founders validate the wrong thing. They confirm the problem exists, get people nodding in interviews — and then build. And then nobody pays. Here's the framework for testing real willingness-to-pay before you commit a single line of code.

Katerina7 min read
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