Key Questions in this Stage:
- Are you aware of what it takes to run a startup?
- Does your idea have business merit?
- What are the moving parts involved?
1. Learn and Familiarize 🦉
Startups succeed on a mixture of innovative vision, specialist knowledge, and perseverance. Your initial focus is on strategic decisions related to what the market wants, how they expect it delivered, and what kind of business can be built around this. It is not possible to outsource the key elements of vision and strategy, but it helps to have an experienced mentor guide you through the process. Emerging Humanity plays this role using our unique step-by-step methodology and tools. We help you walk the path and get to a solid business idea with a strong value proposition!
Key Questions in this Stage:
- Does your pitch highlight the right information?
- Do you have a great presentation?
- Have you perfected your delivery?
1. Learn and Familiarize 🦉
The goal of the pitch deck is straightforward - to get your audience interested in your business idea. Of course the devil is in the detail. Three key components affect the end result: (a) the strength of your business case (b) the quality of your pitch deck and (c) the appeal of your presentation skills. Emerging Humanity provides a range of offerings (eCourse, "pitch practice" video calls, goal-driven consultations) to help you refine your deck and your skills. This is an area where practicing and iterating makes a difference, so leverage our expertise and keep improving.
Key Questions in this Stage:
- Are requirements communicated clearly to engineers?
- Are you prioritizing properly to get maximum ROI for your resources?
- Which skills do you need in your team?
1. Learn and Familiarize 🦉
An essential step towards developing your product is having well-defined specifications. The best way to get support for this is through a process of co-creation. You provide the business priorities while a product specialist translates them into actionable development tasks. Emerging Humanity plays this role by taking care of the foundation and the heavy lifting, and you contribute the strategic direction that will make this your own. We continue this process all the way to implementation, where we leverage lean and agile methodologies to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Key Questions in this Stage:
- Have you defined the right Metrics and KPIs?
- Are your product and market decisions data-driven?
- Do you need to revisit some of your fundamentals?
1. Learn and Familiarize 🦉
Getting to Product-Market Fit is quite an undertaking. Part art, part science (based on metrics and KPIs), it can be a long process. There is no magic recipe, it is about patience, persistence and diligence. The best way to get support is through periodic check-ins with a "fresh set of eyes" that could unearth blind spots and hidden opportunities. Emerging Humanity offers this through individualized goal-driven consultations that can be just what you need to get your next breakthrough!
