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When you are launching your first product, you may be so focused on making the launch a success that you neglect how you will grow past the limited opportunity in your beachhead market. Of course, you identified additional market segments of interest in Question 01 (consistency ⇒ credibility, remember!), so this exercise should be quick …
Question 06 shows you know how to acquire customers and scale your revenue streams. Please Upload The uploader will take PDFs and PPTs of up to 10 MB in size. If your file size is bigger than that (or you want to upload your whole deck), please replace any embedded videos with a link to …
Question 05 emphasizes the progress you’ve made to date and the ability of your team to execute. Please Upload The uploader will take PDFs and PPTs of up to 10 MB in size. If your file size is bigger than that (or you want to upload your whole deck), please replace any embedded videos with …
1-minute Elevator pitch If you are working on your elevator pitch, be sure to: Introduce yourself Answer: Q01. Who cares? Customer, market pain, market size Q02. What do you do? Solution, secret sauce Q05. Does it work? Traction in terms of revenue or users, proof of concept, prototypes, regulatory approval, etc. Make an ask If …
Show off your successes You should enjoy creating this slide, as it will showcase your successes to date. Always take a moment to celebrate even the small wins. You are creating a new business, and every forward step is a step that thousands of others were not able to achieve. You are doing it! Whatever …
Next, build some substance into the timeline you made for your risk spectrum in the previous exercise. As with most of the exercises, my goal is to use simple systems to think through some of the many, many complexities of your business. There is no right or wrong answer except to just hope that things …
No matter far you have (or haven’t) progressed with your innovation, you are likely justifiably proud of what you have already accomplished. You may be able to see the future easily, and have high confidence that you will succeed. Or you may be plagued by doubts and stress. Or you may feel each one of …
1-minute Elevator pitch If you are working on your elevator pitch, be sure to: Introduce yourself Answer: Q01. Who cares? Customer, market pain, market size Q02. What do you do? Solution, secret sauce Q04. How will you stay ahead? Intellectual property status & strategy, barriers to entry Make an ask If you have time to …
Ex 04.5: Write your Q01, Q02 & Q04 elevator pitch Read More »
Question 04 can be a tricky one to address graphically. A dedicated slide for patents, trademarks, and copyrights If you have a patent or, better yet, a patent portfolio plus trademarks and copyrights, leverage your work from Exercise 04.3 to create a slide that focuses exclusively on your strong barriers to entry and IP protection. …
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