Scaling Up: How Growth Changes a Startup’s Outlook

Scaling up

As we continue our series from ‘Idea to Scale’, we turn to the moment every entrepreneur dreams of – scaling. With market understanding, product-market fit, and the ability to generate revenue, it’s time to start building lasting, efficient growth for your venture. Scaling requires more than growth; it needs to be sustainable. This significant phase of a …

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The Pivot: Navigating Your Startup’s Course Correction

The Pivot

Every startup’s journey is unique. Unique in the challenges, direction, opportunities and threats it faces. Sometimes the course you take doesn’t always hit the jackpot. Course corrections and adjustments need to be made until you find the right mix that works. That’s when the ‘Pivot’ comes in. But how do you recognize the need to …

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Mastering the Go-to-Market Strategy

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As we forge ahead in our journey from ‘Idea to Scale,’ the launch phase stands before us like an open sea, vast and unpredictable. Here’s how to chart a GTM strategy that will weather storms and sail smoothly. The ideal time to start building a GTM strategy is in parallel with product development. Understanding how …

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Navigating the Product Development Labyrinth

Product Development

In our journey from Idea to Scale, product development is the central pillar around which everything revolves. It’s where an idea transitions to a tangible solution. Product development isn’t just about creating something new; it’s about meeting genuine needs and delivering unparalleled value. Let’s breakdown this pivotal stage: Product development is a roller coaster of challenges …

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The MVP Blueprint: Building your startup’s first product

THE MVP BLUEPRINT

Venturing into the startup world often revolves around a central product idea. But before investing significant resources, it’s essential to test this idea in the market. Enter the MVP – the Minimum Viable Product. Here’s a guide to building an effective MVP: Building an MVP is a journey of discovery, learning, and iteration. It provides insights …

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Building the Dream Team: A guide to building the best founding team

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Behind every successful organization, there’s a team of dedicated individuals working tirelessly towards a common vision. Building this dream team is crucial yet challenging. Here’s how to assemble your startup squad: And finally, Don’t Rush the Process: Building a dream team takes time. Once you have a clear understanding of the team you want, getting …

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How to Identify Your Eureka Moment: The Birth of a Great Idea

Eureka Moment

This is my first post in the series – Idea to Scale. Ever wondered how groundbreaking ideas come to life? They often start as a spark – a problem to solve, a better way to do things, or a gap that you see in the market. Here’s a guide on how to recognize and harness …

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The Essential Guide to Platform Product Management

Platform Product Management

There is a shiny new Product role in town: the Platform Product Manager. Platform product management is an approach to product development that focuses on building a platform – a set of tools, technologies, and services – that can be used to create and deliver products and services to customers. Platform product management enables companies …

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B2C vs B2B Product Management

B2C vs B2B product management

It’s important to note that the main principles of product management, like user-centricity, value delivery, and problem-solving stay the same no matter the use case. However, there are different strategies, approaches, and objectives for B2B and B2C product management since the definition of the user/customer, the perceived value of the product, and the decision maker …

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