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How I use Reclaim to automatically make every day my ideal day
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An illuminating new view of customer feedback (real startup example)
Here’s how startup Great Question organizes customer feedback
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Using the cost-risk matrix to answer every startup’s biggest question
Here’s the 3-step process I use when helping startups evaluate and prioritize opportunities
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The Risk Roadmap
Why startups should make a map of what they need to learn, not what they want to build
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Craft & Invention
The best startups combine the discipline of craft with the mindset of invention
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Announcing Character, our new VC firm supporting startups with capital and sprints
For the past 16 years, I have helped startup teams design new products and bring them to market. And through those experiences, I’ve come…
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What kind of risk are you taking?
There’s no innovation without risk. Understanding what kind of risk your startup is taking is the first step to successfully navigating it.
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JZ's Substack
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Supporting startups with capital and sprints! General Partner @ Character Capital + Author of Sprint, Make Time, and Click

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