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25 November 2024

The One Skill Every Entrepreneur Needs to Develop [Growth Challenge: Day 1]

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The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.

Myth Buster· 1

Myth Buster00:53

Successful Entrepreneurs Are Also Shooting in the Dark

Jasmine challenges the assumption that established business owners possess certainty unavailable to beginners. New offers and audiences require everyone to make initial decisions with incomplete information; the advantage comes from generating feedback through quicker decisions, not from knowing the answer beforehand.

  • Incomplete information is normal when positioning a new offer.
  • Other entrepreneurs are not operating with perfect certainty.
  • More frequent decisions produce useful answers faster.
  • Ambiguity is a shared business condition, not a personal deficiency.

“When you start messaging for a new offer for a new customer, you are shooting in the dark.”

Jasmine Star · 00:53

“No, but when you make more decisions quicker, in more uncertainty, you get to the answer faster.”

Jasmine Star · 00:53
#entrepreneurship#decision-making#messaging#uncertainty

Story· 1

Story07:54

How Jasmine Designed a Five-Minute Partnership Pitch

Before a rare subscription-company partnership meeting, Jasmine reverse-engineered what the other party needed to understand and believe. She prepared demonstrations and examples, removed likely questions, clarified the value, cast the vision, and connected the dots before presenting the actual proposal.

  • Reserve most of a short meeting for selling the vision.
  • Design the pitch from the recipient's perspective.
  • Identify what must be believed for the solution to feel viable.
  • Remove unanswered questions before making the proposal.
  • Prepare demonstrations and browser tabs before the call.
  • Judge the attempt by preparation and execution, not only acceptance.

“What would I need to understand? What miracle must I believe in?”

Jasmine Star · 08:51

“I need to add clarity. I need to do a walkthrough of a value add, I need to cast the vision, and I need to…”

Jasmine Star · 08:51
#pitching#partnerships#sales#preparation#vision