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Achieving Escape VelocityTransforming Visionary Ideas into Mainstream Businesses
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The New Normal – Speed and Change
• Speed of technology advances
• Device and platform proliferation
• Evolving consumer
• More big data, better data analytics
• The Internet of Things
• Speed to success, speed to failure
• Systems of engagement on fire
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WHAT’S HOT•Consumer hardware
– Wearables– Car tech– Home Connectivity/Automation– 4K TVs
•Consumer software– Drafting established platforms/categories– App Stores: Microsoft, Salesforce, Apple…
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What Do Speed and Change Mean To You
EARLY STAGE•How do you quickly create a new category, or re-invent one?•How do you challenge incumbents?
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Move fast but not haphazardlyEmploy compasses and modelsFocus and discipline
THE NEWRULES
ESTABLISHED MAINSTREAM•How do you balance current and future businesses?•How do you neutralize competitive upstarts?•How do you make the right acquisitions?
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“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else”
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1. Target Consumer
2.Compelling Reason to Buy
3.Whole Product
4.Partners & Allies
5.Sales Strategy
6.Pricing Strategy
7.Competition
8.Positioning / Messaging
9.Next Target
Key sponsor
Complete solution
Manages sales & Fulfillment complexity
Legitimate alternatives
Next growth segment
Key motive
Fill in the gaps
Maps to all the above
Core differentiation
Market Development Strategy Checklist
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Product – Market Fit: Three Core Strategic Questions
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Energy Savings Consistent Home ComfortSelf learning
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Nest Labs Product - Market Fit: Three Core Strategic Questions
COMPELLING REASON TO BUY
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WHOLE PRODUCT SOLUTION
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Consumers, not contractors– Design and coolness matters
Easy to buyEasy to useEasy to installEasy to upgrade over webBeautifully designed
TARGET MARKET
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Energy-Conscious Consumers
Easy to buy, install, use, upgrade
Website, retail partnerships
Honeywell Prestige
Smoke/ carbon Monoxide detectors
Easy energy savings, Easy home comfort
None required
Parity with reference competitor
Self learning
Nest Labs: Market Development Strategy Checklist
1. Target Consumer
2.Compelling Reason to Buy
3.Whole Product
4.Partners & Allies
5.Sales Strategy
6.Pricing Strategy
7.Competition
8.Positioning / Messaging
9.Next Target
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Product – Market Fit: Three Core Strategic Questions
Health/Fitness Enthusiasts Dieters Coolness factor
Monitors activity levelso Monitors my sleep…YAWN Requires new habits Requires daily input (food/sleep) Kludgy smartphone programming Uncomfortable to wear
Data > Automated actionable insights
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COMPELLING REASON TO BUY
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WHOLE PRODUCT SOLUTION
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TARGET MARKET
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“That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.””
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The Four Gears for Web-Based Businesses
ACQUISITION
StarterMotor
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Four Gears to Drive Sustained Growth
ACQUISITION
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Growth is a Process
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