Offer HN: I Can Help You Sell Your Product Through Customer Discovery
I can help.
I will try to sell your product, but not with the normal hard-selling approach. Instead I will present your product to customers and then engage them in a conversation about how and who the product can help.
This zero-pressure approach turns customers into partners instead of adversaries, and is powerful. The idea is to explore the market and to "discover" where your product's unique value proposition lies.
In every case the real market for your product is not the obvious one.
Every good product has a lucrative market but it is not immediately obvious what it is. It requires getting out of the building and trying to sell the product. And in most cases it requires no change to the original product -- just a change in the positioning.
I have done this type of customer development for small businesses and startups before and I can do this for you. I can help you discover your real customers.
My real value-add is the kind of free-associative out-of-the-box thinking and brainstorming that is the fuel that makes this process work.
Background: I have an MBA from the University of Washington and have worked for 12 years in software.