Launching a Startup is an empowering and uplifting experience. But it can also be a daunting task to juggle so many tasks and solve innumerable challenges daily.
Are you ready for it? Do you know that to do?
Use the 5-level roadmap (Startup Maturity Model) to know where you are, and to plan your next steps towards the launch of your high-performing startup.
2. THE IDEA IN BRIEF
Launching a Startup is an
empowering and uplifting
experience. But it can also be a
daunting task to juggle so
many tasks and solve
innumerable challenges daily.
Are you ready for it? Do you
know that to do?
Use the 5-level roadmap to
know where you are, and to
plan your next steps towards
the launch of your high-
performing startup.
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4. Sub-questions:
How unique and disruptive is your
startup idea?
Is this your life’s calling?
Do you have the funds and resources
to pull it off?
Do you have the skills and
experience to move ahead?
Do you have co-founders who
complement you?
You can handle technology. But can
you manage marketing?
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5. 2. ARE THERE (ENOUGH) CUSTOMERS
WHO CARE ABOUT YOUR IDEA?
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6. Sub-questions:
Who are your potential customers?
Are customer segments clearly
identified?
How well do you understand customers’
daily challenges, life aspirations and
needs?
Can your solution address customer’s
needs and problems? Is your solution
going to delight customers?
Are these needs important to the
customers?
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7. 3. CAN YOU GENERATE ADEQUATE
REVENUES AND PROFITS?
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8. Sub-questions:
Is your solution remarkably better than
the competitors’?
Do you have more than one revenue
model?
How will you price your offerings?
How will you acquire your customers?
Do you need partners in this journey?
How will you manage your costs and
expenses?
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9. 4. ARE YOU BUILDING
A WORLD-CLASS
PRODUCT/SERVICE?
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10. Sub-questions:
Do you know the must-have
functionality of your solution?
Do you know the nice-to-have
functionality of your solution?
Will customer pay for the functionality
that you are offering?
How will your solution scale and
improve over time?
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11. 5. DO YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION
THAT CAN HANDLE LAUNCH &
GROWTH? 11
12. Sub-questions:
Have you hired the right people for
developing and marketing the solution?
What are your short and medium term
goals as a new venture?
How will you monitor venture’s
performance regularly?
What kind of culture are you creating?
Are customers/employees/partners
delighted to work with you?
Have you created systems/processes to
manage growth?
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13. IPR
FUNDING
LIFE OF A STARTUP FOUNDER
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“An organization becomes bewildered rather than energized when it’s
asked to do too much at once.” - Michael Hammer & James Champy
14. So many issues & questions!
Even though the questions are
binary, the answers are
anything but. Juggling so many
fronts of a startup is
challenging.
I am confused about Lean
Startups, Business Model
Canvas, Design Thinking, etc.
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15. 6. ISN’T THERE A SYSTEMATIC AND
SIMPLER WAY TO LAUNCH GREAT
STARTUPS?
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