{"id":44777,"date":"2019-06-23T13:58:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/?p=44777"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:18:17","slug":"your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make your best guess based on the reason you&#8217;re starting your company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wait until you have at least 100 customers, and then interview 10 or 12 of them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Put a plan in place to interview your first few customers soon after they buy from you.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ask customers of your competitors why they bought the products they did.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Explanation:<\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is **Put a plan in place to interview your first few customers soon after they buy from you**. This advice aligns with the principles of Jobs Theory, which emphasizes understanding why people buy certain products or services. By interviewing the first few customers shortly after their purchase, your friend can gain valuable insights into the job their product is doing for them. These interviews can uncover the specific needs, challenges, and motivations driving customers to choose their product over alternatives. Understanding the job-to-be-done allows companies to tailor their offerings more effectively, refine their value proposition, and identify areas for improvement or innovation. By engaging with customers early in the process, your friend can gather actionable feedback to inform product development, marketing strategies, and overall business direction, setting a strong foundation for success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? Make your best guess based on the reason you&#8217;re starting your company. Wait until you have at least 100 customers, and then interview 10 or 12 of them. Put a plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hubspot-inbound","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Certification Answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CertificationAnswers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CertificationAnswers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CertificationAnswers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22\"},\"headline\":\"Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"articleSection\":[\"HubSpot Inbound Certification Answers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\",\"name\":\"\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22\"},\"description\":\"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HubSpot Inbound Certification Answers\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/category\/hubspot-inbound\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Certification Answers\",\"description\":\"We help you to pass your exams\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22\",\"name\":\"CertificationAnswers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/504682f79dcfd661f7d78a7b3ffbf7b900ae0b7897547f4e795ee7b622afe03a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/504682f79dcfd661f7d78a7b3ffbf7b900ae0b7897547f4e795ee7b622afe03a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CertificationAnswers\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers","description":"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers","og_description":"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7","og_url":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/","og_site_name":"Certification Answers","article_published_time":"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00","author":"CertificationAnswers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CertificationAnswers","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/"},"author":{"name":"CertificationAnswers","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22"},"headline":"Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?","datePublished":"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/"},"wordCount":241,"articleSection":["HubSpot Inbound Certification Answers"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/","url":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/","name":"\u25b7\u2764\ufe0fYour friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? - Certification Answers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-06-23T13:58:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-08T17:18:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22"},"description":"Get the answer of \u23e9Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them? \u2705\u25b7","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/your-friend-is-starting-a-company-and-wants-to-identify-the-job-their-product-will-do-for-people-what-advice-would-you-give-them\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HubSpot Inbound Certification Answers","item":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/category\/hubspot-inbound\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Your friend is starting a company and wants to identify the job their product will do for people. What advice would you give them?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/","name":"Certification Answers","description":"We help you to pass your exams","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c7c94ef30c652c609d82ce40c0f22","name":"CertificationAnswers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/504682f79dcfd661f7d78a7b3ffbf7b900ae0b7897547f4e795ee7b622afe03a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/504682f79dcfd661f7d78a7b3ffbf7b900ae0b7897547f4e795ee7b622afe03a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CertificationAnswers"},"url":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57273,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44777\/revisions\/57273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}