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Talk I gave to Launch36 companies at Volta on the need to iterate.

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Iterate.

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@ianlivingstoneEngineering Lead, Service Cloud SOS

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We’ve learned a lot!

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iteration and

shipping

THE IMPORTANCE OF

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Let’s talk about you

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A bunch of assumptions

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assumptions flow down

PROBLEM

PRODUCT

IMPLEMENTATION

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Test these assumptions

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What if you don’t

test the assumptions?

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TEST

Model for everything you do:

HYPOTHESIS

REFLECT

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“Make something people want”PAUL GRAHAM, Y COMBINATOR

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You need to iterate quickly.

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Time ismoneyopportunityopportunity to learnopportunity to reflectopportunity to adapt

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capitalization / burn rate

TIME =

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Shorter iteration time =

more opportunity to adapt

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Iterating quickly has huge

short term upsideslong term upsides

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MomentumITERATING CREATES

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CONTINUED MOMENTUM LEADS TO

Inertia

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Big wins are few and far between

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Focus on small wins

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This creates a cadence

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Heartbeat of your company

CADENCE =

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Iteration allows you to test your

assumptions

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Iterating quickly gives you more

opportunity to find product market

fit

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Iterating provides small wins and

allows you to build momentum

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Questions?