Strategic thoughts

A GREAT PROCESS LEADS TO A GREAT OUTCOME — ANCHOR IN PROCESS

Next steps…

  • Codify new hypotheses

    • Ie device for factory cat risk monitoring that spits of parameter
  • Upgrade tooling

    • A few different telegram chats for different purposes
    • Notion dashboard with all of our customer conversations
    • Improved DJ functionality so that prep briefs are delivered in advance, next steps are immediately acted upon
    • Competitor and/or external resource database (how do we start mapping/tracking what all these competitors are doing)
    • Tracking outstanding comms/need to follow up (CRM)
    • Leveraging databases
  • Getting organized re contacts (ie new mtgs on the books)

    • Steve Blank
    • Joe Malchow
    • Etc.
  • Answer key questions…

    • Why does Avnet : Glencore analogy break down?
  • Upgrade process

    • Divide and conquer
      • I’ll blow and go on mtgs to set up; w whom do we want to connect?
      • You blow and go on a short and finite sprint (time TBD) to get our workflow optimized as much as possible
    • Meeting schedule; sprint plan cadence
  • Broader strategic plan

    • Determine length of outreach vs synthesis vs hypothesis cycles

Process

  • Daily Debrief Process call

    • In person or remote
    • No niceties — just run thru the process
    • goal is to align on to dos, contacts, reports/resources, companies, and scraps
  • Call process: one person is assigned point for each call/meeting

    • Point person is master of ceremony
    • Point person is responsible for initial meeting debrief and then runs that portion of the debrief call at the end of the day
    • Point person is assigned/identified upon scheduling of each meeting
  • [TO BE SCHEDULED] a weekly mtg to dive deeper into the synthesis/new hypothesis territory

    • Goal of this meeting is to review and then modify (add/remove/change) list of hypotheses