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“Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.”

People Ifs Knows Way Want Shows Able Three Psychology Changed Products Waste Research Asking Customers Plenty Features Behave Wasting Time

Author:Eric Ries

“The point is... you'd better figure out what your Customers - the Customers you want - value. Because that's what they'll buy. Anything else is a waste of their money, and they'll figure that out in a hurry.”

Want Values Figures Waste Customers

Book:From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

Source: From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

“Employees are given the chance to help shape their company by participating in a company-wide communications program making suggestions on waste reduction, environmental improvement, customer satisfaction, quality improvement, and safety issues.”

“Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines value as 'providing benefit to the customer'; anything else is waste.”

Thinking Values Company Industry Waste Benefits Customers Providing Toyota

Author:Eric Ries

“Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste.”

Thinking Values Waste Benefits Customers Providing Toyota

Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

“When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.”

Want Should Pay Waste Skins Fruit Customers Bananas

Author:Shigeo Shingo