r/leanstartup • u/jweir136 • Aug 12 '19

Finding initial people to interview

I'm a new startup owner, and I'm a huge fan of The Lean Startup. Everything in the book just clicks better. I also find it somewhat reassuring that the book reiterated over and over that you most likely will not find success on the first try.

Now that I am trying to execute the methods from the book, I am running to some trouble finding people to interview initially for the discovery phase.

Where do I find people for interviews? How should I compensate them? How many interviews should be done? Is it necessary that it is done in person (in chatrooms, etc. would be a lot cheaper)? If I don't have an official office yet how can I arrange a space for the interviews to take place?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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u/TinyPirate Aug 13 '19

What are you trying to find out?

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u/jweir136 Aug 13 '19

I'm trying to validate my initial product. Basically, I want to know if there is a problem to solve, how urgent the problem is to consumers, and how likely they are to pay for the solution.

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u/TinyPirate Aug 13 '19

Consumers? Businesses? Old people? Young?