3. Viability:
Is it a business?
Desirability:
Do users want it?
Feasibility:
Can we get there?
4. Defer judgment
Go for volume
Encourage wild ideas
Brainstorming
Rules
Build on the ideas of others
Headline
Stay on topic
One conversation at a time
Be visual
5. Hi! We are team ______
We believe the world is _____ (steep trends)
Our customer is _____ (POV)
And our solution is _____
We make $ by _____
The market size is _____
This is a $_____ opportunity
Our competition includes _____ _____ _____
(more)
6. But our competitive, sustainable advantage will
be _____ _____ _____
You should bet on our team because _____
_____ _____ (desirability, feasibility, viability)
Our key risks are _____ _____ _____
Above all, to succeed we need to _____ _____
_____
Our key next steps are _____ _____ _____
And we are asking for $___ to do that in ___
months.
Thank you! What questions do you have?
7. Comment form for judges
I like . . .
Questions
I wish. . .
Ideas, connections
8. Be human-centered
Be solution agnostic
Know your POV
Seek deep empathy
Be detached from
solution
Be Needs
Focused
Observe
Immerse yourself
Go to the Gemba
(“the real place”)
9. Bias toward action
Navigate the fog of
entrepreneurship
Seek discomfort
The world is not
your oyster
Embrace
Constraints
Simplify to Amplify
Plant a flag
Time Box Exploration
Fix time and budget;
flex scope
10. Step into team
dynamics
Seek shared insights
Seek feedback
No stealth mode
Be Highly
Collaborative
Give feedback
Leverage your
diversity
Be ambassadors
Be helpful
11. Be visual
Saturate your space
Facts aren’t insight
Tell Stories
Take time to
synthesize
Take photos
User + context +
need + insight
13. Get out in the world
Bias toward action
Believe in
Intentional
Serendipity
Take a leap of faith
Stumble across your
opportunity
14. You only fail if you
don’t learn
Embrace
imperfection
Test your
assumptions
Fail
Forward
State your
assumptions
Learn something
you can pivot off of
Be mindful of your
focus area
Editor's Notes
A general template for team presentations.
This is the form judges used to comment on presentations. The four quadrants indicate different types of comments.
