Week 8 Ascend Your Start-Up

 This week we looked back at our climb through to the summit.  In chapter 8, the author gave us a reflection of the important steps we have taken along the journey.  We learned that turning an idea into a product shouldn't be rushed.  This a continuous process with the first step being develop a minimum viable product (MVP).  This is followed by revamping and repeating once the product is launched.

Moving the product to market is the next step after establishing the MVP.  At this point, the leader should have in place or quickly put together the minimum viable team that will be responsible for sheparding the product along it's sales journey.

From product to market the team must scale to continue growth. To do this, the team must build repeatable processes and acclimate to the voice of customer.  The customer will tell you what to do, it is important to know them inside and out.  

Once there is a consistent feedback loop to and from the customer and repeatable processes are in place, leadership must align strategy with process and measurement.  Bottom up alignment keeps everyone moving towards the same goal and helps measure progress and hold staff accountable.

Repeat as needed.