Title: I find this thread https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14146850 very insightful and stressing some important common points in comments.<p>The most precious advice as I see is to “talk to your customers”.<p>How do I practically turn this advice into action?<p>Say, I have:<p>- an office with a computer and internet<p>- a map of the town and its suburbs I located in<p>- search engine to my service<p>- some details about the domain I’d like to work for<p>- zero contacts<p>Now, how do I actually talk to my potential customers? I can knock at doors of every office I find online and with a broad smile say a pitch then attack them with my questions? I don’t think it will work as I would like it to. More likely they will think I am trying to sell some bs and thus be quite skeptical and cold to me.<p>Should I try to approach bosses or common workers of companies?<p>Should I phone them, ask for an appointment, explain my goals and if they let me in, do the talk?<p>What is the right approach to talk to my potential customers?<p>Can you please share your experience and maybe books about how to do it properly?<p>Thanks!
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