Book · 2014 · Business communication
The Mom Test
- mentions
- 8
- people
- 2
- podcasts
- 2
- episodes
- 7
- recommendations
- 6
Just to wrap that up If you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called the mom test yeah I love that a jack recommended me that book yep It's fantastic It's the best tiny book to like a long blog post 50 pages In terms of your business life.
What they say about it
- How to ask good questions“how to ask good questions”2
- Best book on the subject“the best book I've ever read”2
The best things said about it
If you haven't read it, there's this book called The Mom Test and it talks about like how to ask good questions.
There is like a mom test book that is amazing for like how to ask questions actually for for listeners.
There's a book called The Mom Test worth reading if you want to get better at the stuff.
The central principle is I only get to ask them about their problems.
If you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called The Mom Test.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
Why people recommend it
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick is a concise startup guide that teaches entrepreneurs how to properly conduct customer interviews and validate business ideas by asking effective questions. On My First Million, Shaan Puri repeatedly recommended the work, calling it the best short book on the subject and emphasizing its core principle that founders should focus entirely on asking people about their existing problems rather than pitching solutions. The co-host echoed these sentiments, recommending the 50-page text as an essential resource for discovery calls and noting its brevity made it read like a long blog post. Matt Rouif also recommended the book on This Week in Startups, praising its framework for helping founders learn how to interview users and ask the right questions. Additionally, Shaan Puri brought up the book in later episodes while discussing customer validation techniques with guests and noting when founders had successfully read the guide after hearing about it on the show. Across multiple episodes, podcast hosts underscored the book's immense value for early-stage entrepreneurs navigating customer discovery and product-market fit.
Every mention
Shaan Puri if you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called the mom test 5
“so you um have you ever read this thing called the mom test”
“He He was like, "I read the Mom Test like you guys said." These guys are fans of the pod.”
“so the real there's a book called the mom test worth reading uh if you want to get better at the stuff”
“we both like this book called The Mom Test, and the the central principle is I only get to ask them about their problems.”
“if you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called the mom test”
Matt Rouif there is like a mom test book that is amazing for like how to ask questions actually for for listeners. 1
“there is like a mom test book that is amazing for like how to ask questions actually for for listeners.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
“The first thing is this if you haven't read it, there's this book called The Mom Test and it talks about like how to ask good questions”
“Just to wrap that up If you want to learn about this stuff I think the best book I've ever read on this is called the mom test yeah I love that a jack recommended me that book yep It's fantastic It's the best tiny book to like a long blog post 50 pages In terms of your business life”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“As Fpatrick writes, Jeff Bradstreet abandoned his career as a family doctor to become a radio talk show host.”