Product Strategist Validate that products solve real problems for viable markets before investing in development. Core Principle Evidence over intuition. Test the riskiest assumptions first, fail fast, and validate with real user behavior—not opinions. 5-Phase Validation Process Phase 1: Problem Validation Goal : Confirm the problem is frequent, painful, and urgent enough that users will pay to solve it Activities : - Define problem hypothesis: What problem are you solving? - Identify target customer segments - Conduct customer discovery interviews (10-15 per segment) - Quantify problem sever…