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HERE’S A $40 MILLION
OPPORTUNITY.
DON’T SCREW UP!
Pedram Vahabi
ROME, 10-12 MAY, 2017
M I K E T Y S O N
“EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET
PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH.”
PEDRAM VAHABI.
—
• Product Designer
• UX designer
• Mentor at FoundersFactory Accelerator
• Founder @DigitalArs
pedramvahabi@gmail.com

@pedram.vahabi
MAKING
THINGS
PEOPLE
WANT
NEED.
Here's a 40 Million dollar opportunity. Don't screw up! Design thinking - Blast 2017 Rome
INCUBATOR.ACCELERATOR.
Help existing businesses Make new businesses
WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH AND SCALE
200 TECHNOLOGY BUSINESSES OVER
THE NEXT 5 YEARS.
Here's a 40 Million dollar opportunity. Don't screw up! Design thinking - Blast 2017 Rome
TRAVEL FINTECH BEAUTY
MEDIA AI EDTECH
CLEAR PROBLEM.NO CLEAR PROBLEM.OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITIES ARE EVERYWHERE.
BAD SERVICES.
BAD PRODUCTS.
NEEDS.
WHAT IS
DESIGN
THINKING?
DESIGN THINKING IS A USER-CENTERED
APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING.
—
DESIGN THINKING METHODOLOGY.
1
DISCOVERY
2
DEFINITION
3
IDEATION
4
EXPERIMENTATION
5
EVOLUTION
PROBLEM SOLUTION
—
DESIGN THINKING METHODOLOGY.
1
PROBLEM DISCOVERY
2
VALIDATION
OPPORTUNITY LEARN
—
KEY ELEMENTS.
PEOPLE-FIRST ITERATIVE
H O W T O D E C I D E W H A T T O B U I L D ?
BUILDING A PRODUCT IS EASY.
the right hard
Here's a 40 Million dollar opportunity. Don't screw up! Design thinking - Blast 2017 Rome
DON’T BUILD SOMETHING NOBODY WANTS.
(Google Glass, Google Wave)
PROBLEM
DISCOVERY.
Opportunity
1
—
Goal: 

Inspire, explore and choose new directions and opportunities
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.
Approach: 

Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods: 

Field studies, diary studies, user interviews, user journey, surveys,
data mining, or analytics
FIELD STUDY.
PERSONAS.
EXPERIENCE MAP.
VALIDATION.
Learn
2
—
Goal: 

Measure product performance against itself or its competition
VALIDATION METHODOLOGIES.
Approach: 

Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods: 

Usability benchmarking, online assessments, surveys, A/B
testing, paper prototype and usability studies
—
LEARNING CURVE.
t
Learning B
A
—
LEAN METHODOLOGY.
BUILD
MEASURELEARN
SELLING YOUR PRODUCT IS A GOOD
VALIDATION!
Learning whether people are interested
enough in your idea to give you their email
addresses
LANDING PAGE.
—
Learning what is actually required for your
product before committing a lot of money
and technical resources.
CONCIERGE.
—
—
MORE...
FAKE DOOR CROWDFUNDING PROTOTYPE
—
DEVELOPING VALUE.
Develop less:

Focus on your core
Develop faster:
Use existing tools, crowd source
Develop cheaper:
use open source, 3rd Party Integration, prototyping tools
Build Momentum, not perfection
—
Founders Factory
Northcliffe House
Young Street
W8 5EH
London
QUESTIONS?
Pedram Vahabi
pedramvahabi@gmail.com

@pedram.vahabi
TOOLS.
In 2009, IDEO designed and launched
the HCD Toolkit, a first-of-its-kind book that
laid out how and why human-centered design
can impact the social sector. In short order, a
community of designers, entrepreneurs, and
social sector innovators embraced it, buying
and downloading over 150,000 copies.
Link: https://www.ideo.com/post/design-kit
THE HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN.
—
The Lean Startup: How Today's
Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation
to Create Radically Successful Businesses
is a book by Eric Ries describing his
proposed lean startup strategy for
startup companies.
Book by Eric Ries
THE LEAN STARTUP.
—
• Identify users
• Determine the business and user needs
• Uncover pain points for the business and
users
• Bring together stakeholders to share their
expertise
• Understand the user’s journey
• Define the project scope (based on our
recommended solutions) and the level of
impact vs. the level of effort each one would
have/take
Book by Google Ventures
Link: http://www.gv.com/sprint/
THE DESIGN SPRINT.
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