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12 simple questions to ask to quickly understand any business.
A screenshot essay pulled from the excellent meta question posed by @patrick_oshag.
As a thread, below.
A screenshot essay pulled from the excellent meta question posed by @patrick_oshag.
As a thread, below.
The following questions will help to deeply understand a company as quickly as possible. But how you ask these questions is critical; stay simple, seek understanding, be brief. https://twitter.com/JimRaymount/status/1326228403536728066">https://twitter.com/JimRaymou...
To open the conversation:
1. What problem does the company solve? Why does this problem persist? - @jlowin
2. What’s the most important thing to understand about this business? - @JimRaymount
1. What problem does the company solve? Why does this problem persist? - @jlowin
2. What’s the most important thing to understand about this business? - @JimRaymount
3. What is your special insight or edge? - @lpolovets
4. What is difficult about the business that someone inexperienced would find surprising? - @BrentBeshore
4. What is difficult about the business that someone inexperienced would find surprising? - @BrentBeshore
To dig into value creation:
5. Who loves your product? Who hates it? Why? - @vijaygoel
6. What is a feature request that you get a lot, but that you will never build? - @AliBHamed
5. Who loves your product? Who hates it? Why? - @vijaygoel
6. What is a feature request that you get a lot, but that you will never build? - @AliBHamed
To understand competition:
7. What are you doing that your competitors aren’t doing yet? - @FiveAcesCapital
8. Which current or potential competitors are you most worried about and how will you keep them at bay? - @lpolovets
7. What are you doing that your competitors aren’t doing yet? - @FiveAcesCapital
8. Which current or potential competitors are you most worried about and how will you keep them at bay? - @lpolovets
9. If you had one bullet, which competitor would you shoot with it? - @Post_Market / @joshk
To understand operations:
10. Where& #39;s the mess? - @researchpuzzler
11. What are the 2-3 key metrics that management looks at to drive the business? - @matthuang
10. Where& #39;s the mess? - @researchpuzzler
11. What are the 2-3 key metrics that management looks at to drive the business? - @matthuang
To close the conversation:
12. What is one thing we didn’t ask of bring up that you feel is important to properly understand the true potential here? - @asenkut / @felicis
12. What is one thing we didn’t ask of bring up that you feel is important to properly understand the true potential here? - @asenkut / @felicis
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