Re:What we learned doing 3 pivots in 18 months
by qhoang09 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:41PM
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The idea is radically different. I define an idea:
- What problem you're solving
- Who are you solving this problem for?
Idea 1
- The problem of gathering data of a customer (SFDC, Intercom..)
- Who: Product manager, Marketer, Sales... ?
Idea 2
- The Problem of management challenges
- Who: Green Engineering Managers and CTOs
Being in Slack makes that the two ideas have the same UX / Distribution channel. But those two ideas are radically different.
"how do you know you aren't completely wrong?"
=> It's the whole point of the article, to derisk at the maximum this. If you can make sure that
1) You're solving a real problem => We are because we have some paying customers and interviewed more than 400 Engineering Managers
2) You're excited about this problem => We are because, as you said, we "burned" people being bad managers
3) It's innovative => We are because we haven't seen any similar product
Then if the 3 are checked, we have at least some chances of learning from our past experience
Idea 1 - The problem of gathering data of a customer (SFDC, Intercom..) - Who: Product manager, Marketer, Sales... ?
Idea 2 - The Problem of management challenges - Who: Green Engineering Managers and CTOs
Being in Slack makes that the two ideas have the same UX / Distribution channel. But those two ideas are radically different.
"how do you know you aren't completely wrong?" => It's the whole point of the article, to derisk at the maximum this. If you can make sure that 1) You're solving a real problem => We are because we have some paying customers and interviewed more than 400 Engineering Managers 2) You're excited about this problem => We are because, as you said, we "burned" people being bad managers 3) It's innovative => We are because we haven't seen any similar product
Then if the 3 are checked, we have at least some chances of learning from our past experience