Disruptive Strategy
Product/Market Strategy
- audit existing plans
- JTBD analysis
- identification of disruptive potential, strengths and weaknesses
- market opportunities
- prioritization of “must-have” features
- targeting the best initial market segments
- disruptive business model design
Acting CMO/Product and Marketing Strategy development
Most small companies, especially those in the range of 10 to 30 employees, have a need for strategic product marketing but lack the resources or talent to do what needs to be done. As Acting CMO, we can fill this critical hole.
Although many startups may feel the need for CMO talent, innovators with disruptive potential need this even more, because of the critical nature of getting positioning, segmentation, pricing, distribution and messaging right. Any one of these done poorly can not only be the difference between disrupting or not disrupting a market, but can sometimes be the difference in survival.
- fractional CMO service
- top-drawer marketing talent, experienced in disruptive strategy
- bridges time from early stage to rapid growth readiness
CEO Coach
In a startup, the CEO is frequently also the chief sales officer, chief marketing officer, chief hiring officer, and/or chief product officer and often needs a backstop, particularly in areas where they may lack experience and knowledge.
Especially in the early days, and with a potential disruptive innovation, having a seasoned executive to bounce ideas off and help advise on disruptive strategy, metrics, customer presentations, sales pitches, partnership opportunities, business modeling, whether to pivot, people issues or any of the myriad things that a CEO has to deal with can be an invaluable support.
- weekly review of status, opportunities, threats, market feedback
- on-call availability as-needed for the day-to-day issues
- counsel on critical strategic issues faced running a startup with disruptive potential
Advisory board member
Startup advisory boards need people with a variety of product and market perspectives, and one of the perspectives that most innovative technology companies should have is deep expertise in disruptive innovation, and strategies for intentional disruption.