Ask HN: Which questions do you feel? If you are founder OR CEO

1.What are the goals of the business? 2.What are the goals of the product? 3.Do the business goals support the user goals? 4.Who am I serving with this design? The user? The client? Myself? 5.Does the product solve a problem? 6.Does the product solve a problem efficiently? 7.Does the product solve a problem effectively? 8.Is the product even solving the right problem? 9.Who is the user? 10.What’s their workspace like? 11.What’s their workday like? 12.Is the user technologically-savvy? 13.How is the user interacting with the product? Laptop? Desktop? Mobile? 14.How often is the user interacting with the product? 15.Where [physically] is the user interacting with the product? 16.What elevator pitch do we want to tell? 17.What elevator pitch do we want the user to tell? 18.How does the product support inexperienced users? 19.How does the product support users with impairments? 20.How does this product support users with inefficient Internet access? 21.How long will it take to become proficient in this product? 22.Will users need training? How should they be trained? 23.How might users fail or get lost? 24.How should users be rewarded? 25.How much time should the user ideally spend using the product? 26.How does the product earn new users? 27.How does the product retain existing users? 28.What value is delivered in the free version? 29.What extra value is delivered in the paid version? 30.How do users upgrade? 31.How are users reminded of product value? 32.Why might a user stop using the product? 33.Why might a user want to start paying? 34.How long does it take to sign up for the product? 35.How long does it take to start using the product? 36.What does an everyday user look like? 37.What does a power user look like? 38.Do/should we encourage user advocacy (telling their friends)? 39.Do/should we reward user advocacy? 40.Does the product support and reflect the brand?