The Knowledge Shop

Loud cars and trains don't help with video pitches, and getting unstuck for my MVP

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Retrospective:

Last time we talked about:

  • Accelerators appearing to increase the gender funding gap for startups. That is not good, and definitely want TKS to help tackle this.
  • And working on my pitch deck, which helped solidify my value add - which was by helping “unlock” founders thoughts and getting them out of their own way, they can achieve real progress.

    • This week: I made my video pitch deck what did I learn?

    • Tried Loom - but likely due to driver error, I couldn’t get it to record just the deck, and not my whole screen (including my messy desktop and notes - not good).
    • Canva has a built in recording feature (hooray) which allowed me to do it. So re-jigged the design so my face didn’t block the content, and off we went.
    • Make sure you are somewhere quiet recording very loud trains / boy racers are not conducive to good video pitches.
    • Creating a deck helped solidify my thoughts re the problem that TKS is solving, which is a founder’s biggest obstacle can be themself. I want to help unlock all the potential, by overcoming self-doubt, self-sabotage etc, and help make meaningful progress.

      • Deepdive: Prototype / MVP

      • Battling my head is still the toughest part of this entrepreneurship journey (I wonder why I feel so strongly that the world needs The Knowledge shop 😉.
      • Creating my prototype / MVP has been full of issues like overcoming perfectionisms, what-if isms, don’t want to waste people’s time.
      • However, I knew what I needed to do. Just my making little progress each day has helped, and watching the MVP video from YC reinforces what I knew, to get me to take action.
      • So the MVP will be an SMS based solution, checking in with founders to see how they are doing, and help get them unblocked when stuck, by giving relevant content to boost mood, tools to keep them going, and maybe intro’s to people too.
      • Looking at an IRL aspect too, to act as a mental jog and keep people motivated / on track.

        • Resources

        Canva roadmap templates

        Y Combinator MVP video

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