problem-interview

Validate that the problem you want to solve is real, painful, and worth solving before building anything. Master Cindy Alvarez's structured approach to problem discovery interviews.

| Source | Cindy Alvarez - "Lean Customer Development" (2014) | | Core Principle | "Problem interviews help you understand the problem space before committing to a solution. You're not pitching—you're learning." |

| Why This Matters | Most startups fail because they solve problems people don't care enough about. Problem interviews prevent building solutions to non-problems. |

Validate that the problem you want to solve is real, painful, and worth solving before building anything. Master Cindy Alvarez's structured approach to problem discovery interviews. Use when: **Before solution interviews** to confirm the problem exists; **Early customer discovery** to understand the problem space; **Pivoting** to find new problems worth solving; **Market expansion** to understand problems in new segments; **Feature prioritization** to validate which problems matter most Source: guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills.