Startup founders cheatsheet (Chief product officer)
Define your goals The basic definition of "mission" and "vision" of the company is critical when we've past the stage of experimenting with the startup's model and helps you prioritise better. From the Expedia page it looks like this: "Our Mission is to Revolutionise Travel Through the Power of Technology", in this case, it is also helping the company know that leveraging and scaling with "technology" is imperative for the company (along with operations). Set 2-3 basic targets for the next 2-3 months (possibly 6 months) These might be pretty standard and should align with the mission / vision of the company. If your company wants to be the #1 company in Asia for travel, these basic targets might be: Scale to 100,000 app downloads across platforms Increase revenue by 15% Increase daily unique visitors to 3 times the current value Image Source: Mind the product Goals help define epics and create a huge back...