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Exit Interview Questions

Product

  • What’s the current 1 minute description for your product?

  • When (and how many times) did you launch?

  • How many daily/weekly/monthly active users do you currently have? Any paying?

  • Who are your users? Why do they love the product? Any favorite anecdotes from a specific user?

  • What’s the rough cost to serve a user in an average session? How do your total costs break down, and how do you anticipate they will change as you grow?

  • What measurable outcomes improved for your users/stakeholders from adopting your product?

  • What are your current ideas for next steps for your product/business?

  • How did you split the work between cofounders?

  • What is the most surprising/counterintuitive thing you’ve learned about your product or users?

  • What ideas did you test that didn’t work out?

  • What has been your favorite part of working on a startup? Least favorite part?

  • What unsolicited advice do you have for other students considering building a software product or starting a company?

Summer Experience

  • What were the 3 most important features/improvements you made this summer?
  • What would you change about the Brown AI Studio fellowship if you were in charge?