Continuously reshaping your mindset to achieve market fit About You You AreA Founder, A Program Lead GoalProve out a great idea ObjectivesFinalize our product(s) and target market(s) while investing minimally to get off the ground Operational ConstraintsLimited access to resources Dependencies on Single Point(s) Of Failure What keeps you up at night Achieving product/market fit before exhausting funds Labor shortages and talent churn Being a good enough leader to command respect of quality talent Your Business EmployeesFewer than 50 FocusBrand building PeopleEveryone does everything ProcessRepeatable ToolsEmail, Spreadsheets, documents, home-grown InformationTacit ControlsHonor system Your Angel Investors Funding RoundSeed InvestorsFounders, friends, family, associates, angels, incubators, Trustees, VCs Valuation3-6M Investments10k - 2M Everyone is under the boat, all hands are on deck, nothing is getting dropped, no one is standing still, and customers are happy! Whew...it’s an overwhelming commitment of time, money, sweat and goodwill and the team is just killing it! The power of ideas and conviction has gotten you to this point. Amazing as it is, a winning product is not yet assured. And figuring out what works will be just the prologue to making it profitable. Introduction Continuously reshaping your mindset to keep up with shifting market behavior You are here Growth Forging your winning idea into a successful, money-making business Scale up Maturity Orchestrating the activities of your business into a cohesive operation Stabilize Decline or Renewal Leveraging organizational strengths to exploit new opportunities Adapt
