Attendees

  • Tony
  • Al
  • Kris
  • Scott

Notes

  • Don’t say anything proprietary in these meetings! Everything said is public domain
  • Business Model Canvas

  • Geekbot.io

  • define a domain

  • What is your goal/measure of success?
  • Does the value weigh well with you. Does that community have a following?
  • failure is a fundamental part of discovery, change the stigma

  • solving your own problem is a good place to start

  • Don’t want to fail
  • Family business
  • or are you disruptive/scaling?

  • What are you really trying to do?

  • researcher/explorer

  • applied research - still look around, but find processes

  • mini milestones - goals

  • Kris wants to build Choose your own adventure to determine where you are

  • Do you have an outcome for the next step?

  • Are you prioritized on one product or service?
  • Al has solveit.ca
  • Are you a founder?

  • Is there a flowchart question app?

  • As a self-proclaimed founder, are you priming the pump, or prioritized?
  • Kris: Are you building a life style business, or a startup in the accepted sense?

  • What is a Startup: disruptive as well as scaling

  • Scott: Serial entrepreneur. Sold startup in 90s during bubble. Got into bitcoin early. Have a new startup in personal development.
  • Alan: Define the jobs to be done.

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Homework

  • Tony: Show a case example of why I would use it, using Slack
  • Kris: Initial list of questions
  • Scott: Write the technical roadmap for what you’re building. Include milestones.
  • Alan: Initial list of questions

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