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The visionary’s lament

“But customers don’t know what they want!” http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2010/09/visionarys-lament.html

5 Things a Good Product Manager Should Think About | Joseph Puopolo's Site

1. Minimal Viable Product thinking can be a trap – there has recently been a huge movement toward creating a “minimum viable product” and then going out to market as quickly as possible. http://www.jpuopolo.com/2011/09/5-things-a-good-product-manager-should-think-about/
http://cdixon.org/2011/12/21/whats-the-job-users-hire-your-product-to-do/ One of Clay Christensen’s favorite concepts is that instead of dividing your customers into segments and asking which features each segment would like, you should think about what “job” the customers are “hiring” you product to perform.

What job are users hiring your product to perform?