New Idea
Okay - so, after some thinking, debating, and a certain amount of disagreeing, we now have a new product idea - Match.com for enterprise. There are some concerns about whether this one would fly any better than the previous idea. And, the best response I’ve heard to this is that any idea can be completely shot down by saying, “What prevents XYZ company from doing the same thing?”
I liked the response to this - “Nothing - the thing is that they haven’t yet.”
My personal thought - as a coach - is the right thing to do now is to focus What would it take to make this a kick-ass idea?
That would be way more helpful than spending time grumbling about how it’s not a good idea or wouldn’t work or what-have-you. Not that I’ve actually caught anyone doing that. We’re a cool group - we’ll get past the storming phase soon, I’m sure.
-Kimm
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Sorry, had to drop out early last night due to other commitments. Anyway, sounds like it will be important to position and segregate the product idea against existing enterprise players such as http://www.tacit.com/. Just a starting point for some competitive intelligence in case you haven’t come across them yet.
Good luck!
- HM