The Next Big Idea Daily Ideas Are Easy. Now Comes the Hard Part.
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Jul 1, 2025 Julia Austin, a Harvard Business School faculty member and author of *After the Idea*, shares valuable insights on startup challenges. She emphasizes that while ideas are plentiful, executing them into a viable business is the real test. Julia reveals the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship and the crucial need for operational planning. She highlights the importance of aligning personal and business goals to ensure sustainable success, urging founders to reflect deeply on their motivations beyond mere profit.
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Real Work Starts After Idea
- The real work in startups begins after the initial idea phase.
- Founders must shift from product focus to building the entire company, including operations and culture.
Move Slow To Go Fast
- Move slow initially to deeply understand your customer and problem.
- Use real-world experiments and observations to validate or invalidate assumptions before scaling.
Bridge's Discovery Pivot
- Bridge experimented by leaving tagged items in public to study customer behavior.
- This led them to pivot from lost-and-found to marketing using QR codes before expanding their team.