April 2018
Beginner
400 pages
5h 18m
English
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Chapter 10
How to evaluate your idea
How do you know if your strategic idea is a good idea? You may not have the time or resources to do a full strategic analysis. But you need to respond to all the challenges you are likely to receive from bosses, peers, investors and other interested parties. Be ready to answer the questions before they are asked. Challenge yourself before you are challenged.
The challenges you should expect, and set yourself, come in four main flavours which overlap:
- Financial
- Customer
- Competition
- Product/operations
Financial
You will probably have created a financial spreadsheet which shows an attractive number in the bottom right-hand corner. It will be widely disbelieved because most such spreadsheets are built ...