This document introduces new product development. It discusses how marketers' task is to solve consumer problems and that creativity alone is not enough, with only 10-15% of new products successful. It then asks two questions: 1) How to create a successful solution by optimizing six key success factors related to market, time, cost, competitors, company and socioeconomics; and 2) What type of strategy to use, whether disruptive or breakthrough. The document encourages listening to a video discussing problems and solutions.