the innovator's guide to the scientific method
DESCRIPTION
Half-day workshop on applying the scientific method to Lean Startups and Innovation Teams.TRANSCRIPT
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The Innovator’s Guide to the Scientific Method
Tendayi Viki University of Kent
Website: www.tendayiviki.com Follow Me: @tendayiviki
Pearson Publishing
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About Me:
Academic: University of Kent
Several Previous Startups: Tasksauce, Book Editions,
Research Innovations, Valideation, Simplicitly
Current Company: bennelijacobs&co.
Website: http://www.tendayiviki.com/
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Why Innovation Fails
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A Startup is A Thesis • The term "thesis" comes from the Greek
θέσις, meaning "something put forth", and refers to an intellectual proposition.
• "Dissertation" comes from the Latin dissertātiō, meaning "path".
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A Path for Searching:
For a sustainable and profitable business model…
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A Startup is Really Like a Doing Research Project:
We should not be making business plans, we should make research proposals.
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The Startup Team is a Research Team:
All hands on deck, to learn what customers want…
And a sustainable/profitable way to deliver that value to them….
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A Significant Contribution:
The significant contribution of a startup is building something people want…
Upon achieving product-market fit, a startup graduates…
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A Product-Stage Centric Approach
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Ash Maurya (2012)Running Lean
http://www.runningleanhq.com
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The Scientific MethodApplied to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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A Pseudoscience?
Associates with science and uses the similar language.
Often simplistic and relies on anecdotal evidence.
Uses research methods without properly thinking through their implications.
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Lets Start at the BeginningWhere do startup ideas come from?
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Getting to Plan B:
Analogs vs. Antilogs vs. Leaps of faith
• Personal Experience• Desk Research• Conversations with industry
experts• Market trend analysis• Porter’s five forces • PESTEL analysis
The scientific equivalent is the literature search and review.
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A Product to Help People Choose Safe Places for Going Out
at Night
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Alexander Osterwalder (2012)http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/
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It is the leaps of faith to which we apply the scientific method to
test.
These can also be described as the riskiest
assumptions.
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But Wait…Don’t just rush out of the building.
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But Wait Still…Hypotheses must be falsifiable (Karl Popper, 1902-1994).
Falsifiable hypotheses have minimum success criteria.
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Running Successful Experiments
Ash Mauryahttp://www.ashmaurya.com/2010/09/lean-startup-is-a-rigorous-process/
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When You Have Clear Hypotheses: Think now about appropriate method to test.
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On SamplingDon’t just rush out of the building and talk to anyone who will talk to you.
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◦Random Sampling: Every individual in the population has an equal chance of being selected.oDrawing names out of a hat with all the names of students is an example of random sampling.oHowever, standing on the sidewalk and interviewing every fourth person is not random sampling. Because every person does not have an equal chance
of being selected.
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◦Stratified Sampling: In this case criteria are set to ensure representation of particular groups. oFor example, if a population has 75% white people and 25% ethnic minorities. Within each category individuals are chosen randomly.
oThis techniques is used by opinion poll researchers. They usually consider age, race, gender, region and
other variables.
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◦ Quota Sampling: This is when a researcher deliberately sets up sample
proportions that are different from the population. For example, if there is an interest in differences between
blacks and white on an opinion issue (50% blacks and 50% whites).
◦ Convenience Sampling: This is when a researcher uses the sample they can get
access to. For example, a sample of people at the mall or at the park that
day. Volunteer samples are also convenience samples.
◦ Purposive Sampling: This is when a researcher deliberately targets individuals
thought to be important for the research. Snowball sampling is an example of this. Also useful for focusing on early adopters.
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Purposive SamplingAt the beginning we focus on early adopters.
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not everyone is your customer
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focus on Earlyvangelists
Has the problem.Is aware of having the problem.Has been actively looking for a
solution.Has put together a rough solution. Has or can acquire a budget.
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A Conversation About Early Adopters for the
Safety at Night Product
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Customer Jobs to Be Done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3mVM_koAio
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Sample Size:◦All things being equal, the larger the
sample the more reliable and representative it is.
◦ Sample sizes depend on both statistical and practical issues: Qualitative Research
Smaller samples (6+ people). Quantitative Research:
Larger samples (30+ people) Strength of effects:
Smaller samples work when you have large effects. Remember that early adopters are the approximation of
large effects.
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Customer DevelopmentEarly conversations with customers to find out their problems tend to be exploratory.
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Ash Maurya (2012)Running Lean
http://www.runningleanhq.com/
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For early adopters set a high bar for problem
confirmation
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http://momtestbook.com//
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Anybody will say your product is good if you bug them for long enough.
People also often don’t know the factors motivating their own behaviour.
If you asked your parents, could they lie to you?
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@robfitzhttp://momtestbook.com//
The Mom Test
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@paddayhttp://insideintercom.io//
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Quiz:Good or Bad questions?
(by @robfitz)
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Do you think it’s a good idea?
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Do you think it’s a good idea?
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Would you buy a product which solved this problem?
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Would you buy a product which solved this problem?
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How do you currently deal with this problem?
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How do you currently deal with this problem?
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Talk me through the last time you had this problem
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Talk me through the last time you had this problem
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How much would you
pay for this?
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How much would you
pay for this?
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How much money does this problem currently cost you?
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How much money does this problem currently cost you?
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Is there a budget for it?
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Is there a budget for it?
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Who else should I talk to?
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Who else should I talk to?
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You’re looking for emotions
Frustration. Excitement.
Things they care about
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Ask about Frequency & Details
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Ask about current solutions
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Ask about past behavior
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Quiz:Did we make progress?
You just walked out of a meeting with this result.
yes/no
(by @robfitz)
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Sounds great. I love it!
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Sounds great. I love it!
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Brilliant, let me know
when it launches.
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Brilliant, let me know
when it launches.
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Compliment + Stalling tactic They don’t care
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There are a couple of people I can intro you to, when you’re ready
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There are a couple of people I can intro you to, when you’re ready
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Partial commitment(Is there a valid reason they
can’t connect you now?)
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I would definitely buy that!
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I would definitely buy that!
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DANGER!!!A promising signal, but
people can’t predict their own behaviour.
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Compliments are NOT commitments
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Use a script, but also allow interview to go off track
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Ash Maurya (2012)Running Lean
http://www.runningleanhq.com/
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Listen, don’t talk.
Encourage, but don’t influence.
Parrot back their answers.
Misrepresent to confirm
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When do you stop customer development?
After you have completed your target sample size.
When there is no more incremental learning.
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Experiment DesignAfter conversations there remains the need to have the customers perform some action
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Ash Maurya (2012)RUNNING LEAN
VERIFY QUALITATIVELY
VALIDATE QUANTITATIVELY
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@Robfitz
Learn
Confirm
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What is an experiment? • The ability to deliberately manipulate one
variable (the independent variable), while holding other variables constant.
• Controlling confounding variables (e.g. through random assignment or matching participants).
• The use of control conditions in order to take baseline measures upon which to judge your results.
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Is qualitative research scientific?
• The answer is: YES!
• Remember it is not tactics we are focused on, its principles.
• Each research method has its limitations.
• Qualitative methods may be affected by biased interpretations.
• Experimental methods may not allow deeper exploration of customer motivations.
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A Tool for ResearchThe Minimum Viable Product
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The hypothesis/objective you are trying to learn.
from the target market segment you are trying to learn about.
and the minimum form that it takes to achieve that learning.
Patrick Vlaskovitz (2012)
http://vlaskovits.com/2012/09/apple-maps-debacle-and-minimum-viable-products/
The Minimum Viable Product
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Mundane Realism: ◦How closely your research mirrors real life.
Experimental Realism:◦How closely your research place people in
the necessary mind-state to test your hypothesis.
Experimental realism is the goal of the MVP.
There is a Distinction Between:
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MVP Examples
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Doppelganger
Source: @ryanmaccarrigan
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Conversation Starter
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Source: Trevor Owens (@to2)
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Concierge MVP
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Source: @ryanmaccarrigan
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Product Pitch MVP
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Paper Prototype
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Mechanical Turk
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Source: @ryanmaccarrigan
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Fake/Drop Features
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Video MVP
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7QmCUDHpNzE
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AIRBnB Casestudy
http://www.udemy.com/lectures/growth-airbnb-case-study-joe-zadeh-76819
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The Process
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Alexander Osterwalder (2012)http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/
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Talk about your business model and your findings from customer development.
Identify your assumptions about the solution customers want.
Describe one main solution.Transform that into a falsifiable solution
hypothesis.Develop two-three customer
development questions?
GET OUT OF THE BUILDING!!
Riskiest Assumption
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Some Tools
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Science is tentative…So what does this mean for innovation?
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Don’t just A/B Test. REPLICATE AND EXTEND…
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Other Interesting Issues
Ethics. Deception and Debriefing.
Determinism. What drives customers behaviour.
Measurement. Reliability and Validity. The Mom Test.
Study Design. Within Participants. Between Participants.
Statistical Analysis. Descriptive. Inferential.
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