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		sdenton4 on May 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Walking Away from the Product I Spent a Year Build... Indeed! One of the things I found frustrating about the article is that he talks about people 'lying' constantly... when if fact he had just asked meaningless questions.

SlowRobotAhead on May 17, 2019 [–]

He used the word lying. They didn't know they were lying.

They were miswanting. And it's a HUGE glossed over fact when talking to customers.

davidivadavid on May 18, 2019 | [–]

Yes, it's the customer development version of the XY problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem

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