Data

7 souls carry this. Every one shows a real answer before you take it.

All 7.

First, what's the evidence the window is open now? I left Harvard because microcomputers wouldn't wait, but I also kept enough…

What's the number? How many months of runway, what does a customer pay, how do you know anyone wants it?

One big idea is a hypothesis, not a signal. Test it cheaply before you bet the savings.

Do not blame the team, and do not console them either. Ask instead, by what method did the date arise?

Wrong question order. Objective first: what does your life need to look like in ten years, specifically?

Plot the data before you decide. I never bet on enthusiasm, but I bet Intel more than once on a curve the numbers had already…

Start with the numbers, not the feeling. How many people have this problem, is that count growing, and how fast year over year?