The mom test

Getting back on track (avoiding bad data)

Mistakes and symptoms

  1. Fishing for compliments (I'm thinking of starting a business... what do you think?)
  2. Exposing your ego (People don't wanna hurt you)
  3. Being pitchy
  4. Being too formal
  5. Being a learning bottleneck (Just worry about the product I'll handle customers)
  6. Collecting compliments instead of facts and commitments

The process before, during and after the meeting