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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SQUARE?

How to ship maximum POSSIBLE products when you're facing a world of constraints.

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October 19, 2018
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Transcript

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  3. Legacy Tech

  4. Closest peeps Facebook Friends Everyday Once in a lifetime Our

    products performed well here

  5. The Studio

  6. Our constraint was a square

  7. Urgh.

  8. No!

  9. Life doesn’t always fit in squares

  10. What CAN you do with a square?

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  18. MVP MPP CUSTOM ERS None (yet!) Lots of existing CONSTRAINTS

    Time & Money Legacy Tech Reputation? Your P&L RISK Find the best possible way forward Find as many ways forward as you can. TACTIC Start Up Real World
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  20. Maximum POSSIBLE Product means…. constraints don’t stop you, they focus

    you.
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  23. “You would put your photos in there.” -Barry, 44 “My

    husband’s coins collection.” -Susan, 57 “Stack them up and put sewing and craft stuff in them.” -Tara, 27 “Things from when my daughter’s was born like hospital bracelet” -Abigail, 32 “I’d put my dope in it.” -Jason, 28

  24. Gifts for Her Gifts for Him National Boss Day

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  31. Maximum POSSIBLE Product means…. finding multiple market fit from a

    single product.
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  37. Maximum POSSIBLE Product means…. making your constraints work FOR your

    customers.
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  40. The Fridge Problem

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  42. Artist Collection

  43. Hokusai The Great Wave At Kanagawa 12500 Monet Water Lilies

    12000 Klimt Tree Of Life 9500 Coolridge Dogs Playing Poker 8000 Monet Impression, Sunrise 7500 Da Vinci The Last Supper 6500 Searches per month
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  47. Maximum POSSIBLE Product means…. challenging your brand purpose to follow

    your customer needs
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  52. Maximum POSSIBLE Product... ...is a MINDSET

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  54. THE END