A Pivot Is A Change

The Big Question Of Our Time Is Not Can It Be Built? But Should It Be Built? This Places Us In An Unusual Historical Moment: Our Future Prosperity Depends On The Quality Of Our Collective Imaginations.

In The Old Economy, It Was All About Having The Answers. But In Today’s Dynamic, Lean Economy, It’s More About Asking The Right Questions. A More Beautiful Question Is About Figuring Out How To Ask, And Answer, The Questions That Can Lead To New Opportunities And Growth.

Learning Is The Essential Unit Of Progress For Startups.

As You Consider Building Your Own Minimum Viable Product, Let This Simple Rule Suffice: Remove Any Feature, Process, Or Effort That Does Not Contribute Directly To The Learning You Seek.

There Was A Study Done In The Early 20th Century Of All The Entrepreneurs Who Entered The Automobile Industry Around The Same Time As Henry Ford; There Were Something Like 500 Automotive Companies That Got Funded, Had The Internal Combustion Engine, Had The Technology, And Had The Vision. Sixty Percent Of Them Folded Within A Couple Of Years.