Work out exactly who my first customer is

A specific person, not a demographic — specific enough that you could go and find ten of them.

What to ask

Help me get specific about who my first customer is. Push me past demographics to an actual person: their role, what their week looks like, what makes this problem urgent for them, and what happens if they don't solve it. Keep pushing until it's specific enough to go find ten of them, then save who they are into my Market Analysis plan section with update_business_plan.

Related

• Find out whether my business idea is any goodAn honest read on your idea — the strongest part, the weakest, and the one thing worth finding out this week.
• Write interview questions that get honest answersFive questions about what people have actually done and paid — plus twenty people to ask, and how to reach them.
• Learn what customers actually want, from real conversationsThe pattern across your conversations — which problem came up most, and who showed real evidence rather than politeness.
• Decide whether to go ahead, narrow it, or rethink itA straight recommendation with the reasoning — taken before you start paying to file.