Jiang: Apply the 'Rule of Six' for optimal app prototype user testing
Sherry Jiang · Building AI Apps: From Idea to Viral in 30 Days · Jun 4, 2025 · at 12:17
Sherry Jiang, founder of AI personal finance app Peak, describes her product validation framework to host Greg Isenberg.
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“So I had this thing I call a rule of six, which means talk to six people that you think is in your ideal customer profile. Two less is like, you don't have enough sample size, too many. It's like, you just don't move fast enough because like, you know, people are doing this on their schedule.”
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