Reference: Communication Documents
Weekly Update Emails
Execution tool
Technical Design Documents
Execution tool
6 pagers
Selling tool
- OP1 Document
- 6 Pager Sections (from the Working Backwards):
* Introduction
* Tenets
* Accomplishments
* Misses
* Proposals for Next Period
* Headcount
* P&L
* FAQ
Pitches
Selling tool
- Here’s how the world works today.
- Here’s how the world should work in the future. However, here’s what’s broken/missing.
- Here’s why nobody is able to solve this problem so far.
- What’s your market edge?
- Maybe why people have failed in the past?
- What has changed in the landscape.
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This is why this is a massive opportunity. However solves this problem has to do X, Y, Z. Although this is not easy, the winner will be rewarded heavily.
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This is why this is the right first approach
- What’s your product edge?
- Why is this is good foundation?
- What happens if this fails?
- If solved, what will this give us?
- Based on 4. this is why we are going to execute the best.
- What’s your team’s edge:
- What’s the team look like?
- What’s the traction so far?
- Unique experience