Maddy: I have a lot of strong opinions about prioritization. The thing is, why did we do this? How did we say we would be successful? What was the problem we were trying to solve, etc., etc,. To what extent would did we sufficiently solve it? Val: Can you talk a little bit about how you think about prioritizing? Maddy: Of the four people on this call, I am the least probably qualified to answer this.
Do you ever feel like the experiments and analyses you're working on feel a little bit like a trip on a hamster wheel — properly grounded in hypotheses, perhaps, but not necessarily moving the business forward like you'd hoped? On this episode, Matty Wishnow, the author of Listening for Growth: What Startups Need the Most but Hear the Least, joined Moe, Tim, and Val for a discussion about why that may be, and how reframing the work to focus first and foremost on identifying problems (and unmet opportunities) can be useful! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.