From the YouTube video "Value Props: Create a Product People Will Actually Buy". "A problem well-defined is halfway to a [business]." # Four U's ## Unworkable - Somebody could get fired for not resolving this problem: real consequences. - mostly for B2B ### Examples - iCloud didn't exist/didn't work at first. - a generation of kids won't know how to use the internet; the entire country will fall behind the rest of the world. ## Unavoidable - is the problem so fundamental that it can't be avoided? - e.g. taxes, education, aging ## Urgent - relative to other needs - you'll get delayed/de-prioritized if you're not addressing priority #1 - urgency is often created by market shifts, e.g. banking moving online - e.g. mobile, AI ### Related Questions to Prospects - What's your number one priority right now? - When do you think you'll get to priority #2? ## Underserved -