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four-steps

getagentseal/fo…playbook

Applies Steve Blank's Customer Development methodology from The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Use when a startup is searching for customers and a business model before scaling. Covers Customer Discovery, Customer Validation, Customer Creation, and Company Building. Triggers include 'we built it but no one's buying', 'should we hire salespeople yet', 'how do we find our first customers', 'we're burning cash and sales aren't scaling', 'are we in a new or existing market', 'when do we scale'. NOT for companies that have already crossed the chasm into mainstream (use Crossing the Chasm instead), not for optimizing an existing sales funnel, not for product development methodology (this is its companion, not replacement).

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npx skills add https://github.com/getagentseal/founder-playbook --skill four-steps

SKILL.md

Note: This skill is independent analysis and commentary, not a reproduction of the original text. It synthesizes the book's core ideas with modern startup practice, surfaces where frameworks are outdated or incomplete, and integrates perspectives from adjacent disciplines. For the full argument and context, read the original book.

The Four Steps to the Epiphany

"Startups that survive the first few tough years do not follow the traditional product-centric launch model. Through trial and error, hiring and firing, successful startups all invent a parallel process to product development. I call this process 'Customer Development.'" - Steve Blank

Should You Use This Skill?

Are you searching for customers and a business model (not executing a known one)?
├─ YES → This skill is for you
└─ NO  → You have paying customers and a repeatable sales process?
         ├─ YES, but stuck before mainstream → Use Crossing the Chasm
         ├─ YES, scaling fine → You're past this. Use Company Building concepts only
         └─ NO, still pre-product → Start here at Customer Discovery

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