Recently, Ben felt gloriously empty and described how nice it was to have nothing going on. In his stomach, that is. He successfully finished a 48-hour fast. It was difficult, but pleasurable. Now, he’s back to craving calories, eating, and work!

Derrick had a challenging week with feelings of uncertainty. He invited more people to try Level, but got similar results. He fears that people may not progress with the product. Will people actually make the jump to Level?

Today’s Topics Include:

April showered Ben with 66 sign ups of paid trials for Tuple
Magic Number is 3: Multiple developers mean Tuple will soon ship multiway calls feature
Derrick’s going back to customer development roots to proactively learn and listen
Tactical errors with validation to confirm assumptions about how to solve Slack problem
Derrick’s envyable or dire position? Worst-case scenario and what’s next
Startups fail, the struggle is real, and the pivot is time honored for a reason

Links and resources:

Art of Product on Twitter

Derrick Reimer Website

Derrick Reimer on Twitter

Ben Orenstein Website

Ben Orenstein on Twitter

Level

Derrick’s Level Manifesto

Tuple

The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

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88: Will They Make the Jump?