Blog Archive | 2018

Founder Denial Versus Product/Market Fit

Posted on November 05, 2018 by Paul O'Dea

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In a previous post (Getting to Product Market Fit faster) and in the book The Business Battlecard (www.selectstrategies.com), I wrote about the science of product-market fit and different approaches to get there faster. The scientific and tools-based approach to product-market fit is promoted so widely now by people like Steve Blank, Eric Ries, Sean Ellis, Tristan Kromer, Morgan Brown and others that sometimes we forget the human element. I got a sharp reminder recently.

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Posted in: Product-Market FitFounder DenialOptimisticBeliefBlind BeliefDetermination

Ten triggers that tell whether your business needs to transform

Posted on June 01, 2018 by Paul O'Dea

Be a hero

Savvy leaders have a knack of detecting when their business is about to hit a speed bump. They have inbuilt early warning systems. Like pilots in a cockpit, they know when it’s time to change course.

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Posted in: Business Growth Transformation

High performance – the team that plays together, plays better together

Posted on March 06, 2018 by Emer O'Donnell

Team Building

In the nine years since I became a parent I’ve spent a lot of time observing how little people interact. The interesting thing I’ve noticed is that you can learn a lot about human behaviour by watching your kids!

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Posted in: Team BuildingPerformanceTeams