Margin by Retraice

Ma4: Assumptions (A Wrestling Match)


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On fundamental hypotheses, testing and MVPs.

 

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Details: what you're supposed to be doing; side note—don't tell plans; your boss; wrestling with the question; 'don't make me bankrupt'; business death; assumptions we've tested; pinching; assumption 1, 2; running out of time; 'minimum viable product'; delivering the wrestling match to customers; if customers can't buy, you aren't testing; the Retraice, Inc. case; the boundaries of the MVP; now, the wrestling match; honorable mention—Linus Sebastian on competition; empty chairs and a ketchup bottle; you are the experiment; it's like AI (go listen to Retraice); having a dog in the fight. ALSO MENTIONED (in mp3 or PDF): Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Linus Tech Tips, Salar Kamangar, Sergey Brin, Sheryl Sandberg.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma4

 

Air date: Thursday, 22nd Oct. 2020, 07 : 30 AM Pacific/US.

 

Chapters:

03:27 what you're supposed to be doing;

04:50 side note—don't tell plans;

06:52 your boss;

08:12 wrestling with the question;

09:24 'don't make me bankrupt';

11:07 business death;

13:08 assumptions we've tested;

13:53 pinching;

14:24 assumption 1, 2;

15:18 running out of time;

16:17 'minimum viable product';

16:48 delivering the wrestling match to customers;

17:48 if customers can't buy, you aren't testing;

18:28 the Retraice, Inc. case;

22:27 the boundaries of the MVP;

26:15 now, the wrestling match;

41:00 honorable mention—Linus Sebastian on competition;

42:39 empty chairs and a ketchup bottle;

44:56 you are the experiment;

46:00 it's like AI (go listen to Retraice);

47:10 having a dog in the fight.

 

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