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Rebel Diaries - Liam Smith -  Why You Should Start With a Problem Not An Idea

Liam Smith - Why You Should Start With a Problem Not An Idea

Rebel Diaries

06/27/22 • 34 min

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Liam helps people to deliver digital products as a freelance product manager and consultant. He is also the founder of MealPro App, a white-label meal planning tool with over 5000 users at the time of writing.
What we discuss with Liam Smith

  • The difference between starting with a problem and starting with an idea
  • Estimating how long work will take
  • Doing lots of things quickly vs doing a few things really well
  • What intentional ignorance is and how it gets you better results
  • The real world difference between Product Managers and Project Managers
  • Why introducing features can make the product worse for customers
  • Why you need to understand what the people using your product are actually trying to do
  • What is Jobs to be Done Theory
  • How one company wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds to try to solve a problem that didn't exist

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06/27/22 • 34 min

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Rebel Diaries - Liam Smith - Why You Should Start With a Problem Not An Idea

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[00:00:00] Scott: Hi before we get into this one a quick, thank you to Chris who has left this voicemail about the show.

[00:00:05] Chris: Hey Scott it's Chris here, loving your podcast really well put together with a great range of guests. I think the big thing for me is you've just got some of those key insights there and takeaways for all your listeners, and I hope people like me are able to put into practice in the

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