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032: Yes, we can value startup ideas in dollars.
Behavioral economics and psychology are the key.
Aug 10
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Mike Vladimer
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031.3: Yes, their Pain is your opportunity.
The more hurting people you find, the bigger the opportunity.
Aug 3
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Mike Vladimer
July 2026
031.2: Yes, money is liquid Pain relief as well as a metric for Pain.
Products deliver Pain relief and output money.
Jul 27
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Mike Vladimer
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031.1: Yes, products imply hidden Pain.
We can see money and products but Pain is hidden.
Jul 20
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Mike Vladimer
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031: Yes, every product is a Pain-relief device.
Only “hurting” people might pay money for products.
Jul 13
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Mike Vladimer
Programming update: monthly podcasts and weekly newsletters
Each podcast episode is now accompanied by a series of newsletters
Jul 10
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Mike Vladimer
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030.3: No, founders cannot innately interpret interviews.
But analyzing discovery interviews is a learnable skill -- I measured the improvement
Jul 6
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Mike Vladimer
June 2026
030.2: Yes, apply content analysis to customer discovery interviews.
Founders can measure the reliability of their conclusions
Jun 29
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Mike Vladimer
030.1: Yes, analyzing discovery interviews is data transformation.
And we can measure the transformation's reliability with content analysis techniques.
Jun 22
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Mike Vladimer
030: Yes, founders trick themselves.
Unless they measure reliability.
Jun 15
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Mike Vladimer
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029: No, don't use legendary founders' recipe for success.
You can't mimic their intuition. Instead, replicate it with measurement.
Jun 9
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Mike Vladimer
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028: Yes, the easiest way to analyze discovery interviews is with the Yardstick of Pain.
See it applied in a case study.
Jun 2
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Mike Vladimer
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