Field notes for established consumer brands and multi-location businesses: demand, launch economics, route to market, and the 90-day plan that turns a go/no-go into something a team can run.
A capable team can still run a disconnected launch. Product can finish on time. Marketing can have the campaign approved and scheduled. Operations can…
Most founders approach launch readiness as a yes-or-no question: are we ready to launch? The problem is that a binary question encourages a binary…
Most launches don't become difficult because the original product idea was wrong. They become difficult because the team tries to prove too many things…
There's a particular kind of frustration that many founders experience halfway through the year. The annual goals are still sitting in a planning document,…