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The Scenario
You need qualitative positioning feedback from five distinct audience segments — but you don’t have three weeks for recruitment, incentive budgets, or a moderator. With Mavera’s Speak surface, you have live voice conversations with AI personas, probe their reactions in real time, and extract structured insights. Five personas, five conversations, one afternoon.Mavera-only workflow. No recruitment platforms, no incentive payments, no scheduling tools. Just Mavera’s Personas, Speak, and Chat surfaces.
When to Use This
- Early-stage positioning validation with 2–3 hypotheses that need gut-checks.
- Founder-led discovery — practice your pitch with synthetic personas before real prospects.
- Message hierarchy testing — which proof points resonate first with each segment?
- Pre-launch readiness — talk to 5 ICP segments and capture objections.
Architecture
| Mavera Surface | Role in Pipeline |
|---|---|
Personas (POST /personas) | Create 5 ICP personas with distinct priorities |
Speak (POST /speak) | Open voice conversation sessions |
| Chat (OpenAI-compatible) | Extract structured insights from transcripts |
What You Need
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Mavera API key | Starts with mvra_live_. Get one at Developer Settings. |
| Python 3.8+ or Node.js 18+ | requests/openai for Python; native fetch for Node. |
| Credits | ~115–265 total. See Credits Estimate. |
Step 1 — Create 5 ICP Personas
Step 2 — Define Interview Script
Seven phases from opening reaction through pricing to a closing suggestion. Consistent across all 5 interviews.Step 3 — Run Speak Sessions
Start a Speak session for each persona and run through the interview script turn by turn.Step 4 — Extract Structured Insights
Feed each transcript into Chat with a structured output schema.Step 5 — Marathon Summary Report
Example Output
Variations
Add adaptive follow-up probes
Add adaptive follow-up probes
Generate a follow-up question based on the persona’s answer:
Test multiple positioning statements
Test multiple positioning statements
Feed insights into a Focus Group for validation
Feed insights into a Focus Group for validation
Export transcripts to Markdown
Export transcripts to Markdown
Credits Estimate
| Operation | Typical Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Persona creation (×5) | 0–25 | One-time; reuse across runs |
| Speak sessions (×5, 7 turns each) | 100–200 | Primary cost driver |
| Chat insight extraction (×5) | 15–40 | Structured output per transcript |
| Total | ~115–265 |
What’s Next
Industry Panel Simulation
Switch from interviews to a structured Focus Group with 10 buying-committee personas
Message Testing Matrix
Quantify interview findings with a systematic message × persona grid
Persona Debate
Pit opposing buyer types against each other for pricing insights
Generational Content Testing
Test across age demographics instead of role-based personas
Persona Selection Guide
Choose the right persona types for your research goal
Credits & Budget
Pre-flight checks and usage tracking