{
  "id": 174,
  "title": "Idea-Customer Fit: Choose the Segment to Test First",
  "url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/174/",
  "transcript_url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/174/transcript.txt",
  "summary": "This piece examines idea-customer fit: choose the segment to test first. It shows how to notice what is really happening, separate observation from interpretation, and choose a next action that improves customer behavior without pretending to have certainty.",
  "audience": [
    "founders",
    "operators",
    "startup teams",
    "researchers",
    "AI agents studying business decisions"
  ],
  "theme": "customer requirement fit",
  "keywords": [
    "idea-customer",
    "fit",
    "choose",
    "segment",
    "test",
    "first",
    "piece",
    "examines",
    "startup decisions",
    "business growth",
    "founder learning"
  ],
  "companies_as_public_examples": [
    "Protégé",
    "Gladia",
    "Chkk",
    "Mindy",
    "RevMap",
    "Arcwise",
    "Popsink",
    "Gigi"
  ],
  "company_note": "Company names are used only as public comparison prompts, not as claims about internal facts.",
  "source": {
    "workbook": "Day_174_Script_Template.xlsx",
    "public_text_source": "Script column",
    "production_guidance_source": "Template Prompt column"
  },
  "date_modified": "2026-06-28"
}