60 acast.com Inside the Box with JDM https://insidethebox.show en The Right Box LLC innovation, entrepreneurship,startups,startup,entrepreneur,business,management,consulting,metacognition,philosophy,coaching Josh David MIller How successful innovators and startup founders think Launching a startup and finding traction is hard. Like, really freaking hard. Join startup advisor and design thinker Josh David Miller as he dives deep into how successful entrepreneurs and innovators think. If you want to learn how to take your startup to market and find traction faster, don’t miss an episode!


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]]> Launching a startup and finding traction is hard. Like, really freaking hard. Join startup advisor and design thinker Josh David Miller as he dives deep into how successful entrepreneurs and innovators think. If you want to learn how to take your startup to market and find traction faster, don’t miss an episode!


Sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke design thinking group that helps startups find traction — or fail fast trying.

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]]> false Josh David Miller podcast@rightbox.co 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b inside-the-box episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61a9607a2309f7001461f78b/1658107371728-68878b64d702c97413cc356d783ea87a.jpeg https://insidethebox.show Inside the Box with JDM <![CDATA[How to ensure you don't launch to crickets]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:30:30 GMT 26:58 62e889fecda2a400142967eb false https://insidethebox.show/how-to-ensure-you-dont-launch-to-crickets-business-models-part-4 62e889fecda2a400142967eb 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-ensure-you-dont-launch-to-crickets Business Models Part 4 full 13 In part 4 of JDM's series on business models, we look at how you create and deliver your value proposition, and the one key strategy most founders miss.


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]]> In part 4 of JDM's series on business models, we look at how you create and deliver your value proposition, and the one key strategy most founders miss.


Read more in the show notes →

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]]> How to create extraordinary value How to create extraordinary value Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:44:36 GMT 21:41 62d56d8bc589900012135fd0 false https://insidethebox.show/business-models-part-3-how-to-create-extraordinary-value 62d56d8bc589900012135fd0 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-create-extraordinary-value Business Models Part 3 full 12 Topics
  • This is part 3 of JDM's deep dive into business models, and it's all about value creation and value propositions.
  • What is a value proposition?
  • Why do some value props resonate where others fall flat?
  • How we determine customer wants, needs and fears?
  • How can we respond to those with benefits, features, and experience?
  • How the importance of customer problems can kill value props.
  • Using experience maps to create compelling value props.
  • And more!


Sponsor

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


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  • This is part 3 of JDM's deep dive into business models, and it's all about value creation and value propositions.
  • What is a value proposition?
  • Why do some value props resonate where others fall flat?
  • How we determine customer wants, needs and fears?
  • How can we respond to those with benefits, features, and experience?
  • How the importance of customer problems can kill value props.
  • Using experience maps to create compelling value props.
  • And more!


Sponsor

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> Who is the Customer? Who is the Customer? Mon, 13 Jun 2022 19:45:54 GMT 22:09 62a793f2e7ec9d001210ed04 false https://insidethebox.show/business-models-part-2-who-is-your-customer 62a793f2e7ec9d001210ed04 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b who-is-the-customer Business Models Part 2 full 11 Topics
  • This is part 2 of JDM's deep dive into business models, and it's all about the customer.
  • Why? No one invests in weak business models, and no successful business is built on one. Duh!
  • The customer is at the center of any business model.
  • Who are they?
  • Where are they?
  • What are there wants, needs, & fears?
  • How do we discover them?
  • And more!


Sponsor

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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  • This is part 2 of JDM's deep dive into business models, and it's all about the customer.
  • Why? No one invests in weak business models, and no successful business is built on one. Duh!
  • The customer is at the center of any business model.
  • Who are they?
  • Where are they?
  • What are there wants, needs, & fears?
  • How do we discover them?
  • And more!


Sponsor

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> Demystifying Business Models Demystifying Business Models Wed, 25 May 2022 14:41:25 GMT 15:52 628d6d3869be4d0014f9a70b false https://insidethebox.show/business-models-part-1-wtf-is-a-business-model-anyway 628d6d3869be4d0014f9a70b 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b demystifying-business-models Business Models Part 1 full 10 Topics


No one invests in weak business models, and no successful business is built on one. Duh!


Yet most early stage startups and other innovative efforts have generally terrible foundation that go on to plague them in their later stages. Without a crystal clear understanding exactly how your company meets the four basic components of any business model, you are doomed to fail.


This is the first in 6-part deep dive on business models.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


Links


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No one invests in weak business models, and no successful business is built on one. Duh!


Yet most early stage startups and other innovative efforts have generally terrible foundation that go on to plague them in their later stages. Without a crystal clear understanding exactly how your company meets the four basic components of any business model, you are doomed to fail.


This is the first in 6-part deep dive on business models.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


Links


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]]> How to ask great questions How to ask great questions Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:55:21 GMT 16:11 62212b3ae9416900145e6754 false https://insidethebox.show/how-to-ask-great-questions 62212b3ae9416900145e6754 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-ask-great-questions full 9 Topics
  • What makes a question great, and how to be a great questioner.
  • What kinds of questions can you ask, particularly when you want to understand something more deeply than you already do?
  • How to use distinctions, systems, relationships, and perspectives to ask smarter questions.
  • JDM's three favourite questions that you can put to work right now.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


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  • What makes a question great, and how to be a great questioner.
  • What kinds of questions can you ask, particularly when you want to understand something more deeply than you already do?
  • How to use distinctions, systems, relationships, and perspectives to ask smarter questions.
  • JDM's three favourite questions that you can put to work right now.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction — or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> Doing the right thing before doing things right Doing the right thing before doing things right Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:27:09 GMT 15:15 620d5e1d6e8b300012c8cc9d false https://insidethebox.show/doing-the-right-thing-before-doing-things-right 620d5e1d6e8b300012c8cc9d 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b doing-the-right-thing-before-doing-things-right full 8 Topics


Too often, early in an entrepreneurial or other innovative effort, we resist doing inefficient things. It often goes against our nature. So we create tools & processes to save ourselves effort, and then we spend time & energy refining those tools & processes.


The problem is that the nature of doing innovative things is that we don't actually know what we're doing yet! We have an hypothesis, but that's all it is.


So we're literally spending time getting efficient at something that we don't know is the right thing to get efficient at.


This is the efficiency trap. And design thinking can get us out.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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Too often, early in an entrepreneurial or other innovative effort, we resist doing inefficient things. It often goes against our nature. So we create tools & processes to save ourselves effort, and then we spend time & energy refining those tools & processes.


The problem is that the nature of doing innovative things is that we don't actually know what we're doing yet! We have an hypothesis, but that's all it is.


So we're literally spending time getting efficient at something that we don't know is the right thing to get efficient at.


This is the efficiency trap. And design thinking can get us out.


Sponsors

Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> <![CDATA[How to pitch a startup to investors, co-founders, & customers]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 20:52:10 GMT 55:19 61faeefbed78fb0013245b69 false https://insidethebox.show/how-to-pitch-a-startup-to-investors-co-founders-and-customers 61faeefbed78fb0013245b69 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-pitch-a-startup-to-investors-co-founders-customers full 7 Topics


For this episode of the pod, we're going to do something a little different. Our own JDM co-hosts the Startup Shop Talk live show on YouTube every Friday at 11am Pacific. On January 21st, they had a fantastic discussion on everything you need to know about pitching your startup to investors, to co-founders, and even to potential customers.


We thought our podcast audience might find the discussion interesting, so here's an edited version of the conversation between JDM of The Right Box and his co-host, Dan Casas-Murray of the Lean Innovator.


Let's do something a little different.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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For this episode of the pod, we're going to do something a little different. Our own JDM co-hosts the Startup Shop Talk live show on YouTube every Friday at 11am Pacific. On January 21st, they had a fantastic discussion on everything you need to know about pitching your startup to investors, to co-founders, and even to potential customers.


We thought our podcast audience might find the discussion interesting, so here's an edited version of the conversation between JDM of The Right Box and his co-host, Dan Casas-Murray of the Lean Innovator.


Let's do something a little different.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> How to find product-market fit by thinking differently How to find product-market fit by thinking differently Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:20:02 GMT 20:23 61e76742d8346b00132e5739 false https://insidethebox.show/how-to-find-product-market-fit-by-thinking-differently 61e76742d8346b00132e5739 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-find-product-market-fit-by-thinking-differently full 6 Topics


Product-market fit isn't one thing. It's best to think of it as a spectrum that matches the lifecycle of the startup, and guides founders on what to do next.


In this episode, JDM talks about the four steps of product-market fit:


  • Customer-problem fit: there is a sufficient volume of customers who are experiencing a particular pain acutely enough to make it worth building a business to solve it.
  • Problem-solution fit: we have a group of potential customers who passionately want us to solve their problem in a particular way.
  • Product-market fit: we have compelling evidence that the high-level mechanics of the business model are working.
  • Business model fit: when the product is sufficiently repeatable so as to be scalable.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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Product-market fit isn't one thing. It's best to think of it as a spectrum that matches the lifecycle of the startup, and guides founders on what to do next.


In this episode, JDM talks about the four steps of product-market fit:


  • Customer-problem fit: there is a sufficient volume of customers who are experiencing a particular pain acutely enough to make it worth building a business to solve it.
  • Problem-solution fit: we have a group of potential customers who passionately want us to solve their problem in a particular way.
  • Product-market fit: we have compelling evidence that the high-level mechanics of the business model are working.
  • Business model fit: when the product is sufficiently repeatable so as to be scalable.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> <![CDATA[You're doing the business model canvas all wrong!]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:10:09 GMT 21:48 61de1c618ec3f90012c19cb4 false https://insidethebox.show/youre-doing-the-business-model-canvas-all-wrong 61de1c618ec3f90012c19cb4 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b youre-doing-the-business-model-canvas-all-wrong full 5 Topics


The business model canvas is a fantastic tool for innovators and entrepreneurs, but books, online courses, incubators, and even accelerators all commit a fundamental mistake when it comes to making proper use of it. They all treat the business model canvas as a documentation tool, but that completely misses the point.


In this episode, JDM talks about why the business model canvas is a fantastic tool, but only if you use it correctly: not as a task, but as a process.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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The business model canvas is a fantastic tool for innovators and entrepreneurs, but books, online courses, incubators, and even accelerators all commit a fundamental mistake when it comes to making proper use of it. They all treat the business model canvas as a documentation tool, but that completely misses the point.


In this episode, JDM talks about why the business model canvas is a fantastic tool, but only if you use it correctly: not as a task, but as a process.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> How to find new market opportunities How to find new market opportunities Thu, 06 Jan 2022 01:12:20 GMT 40:26 61d641f428ab0300147b4454 false https://insidethebox.show/how-to-find-new-market-opportunities 61d641f428ab0300147b4454 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b how-to-find-new-market-opportunities full 4 Topics


For our first episode of 2022, with all the promise that a new year brings, we almost have to talk about ideation. But, most of the time, when we talk about ideation, we're talking about brand new companies. But! What if you're an established company looking to innovate? What if you want to hedge your bets against threats in the market? What if you want to unlock growth and scale where it seems elusive?


In other words, how does ideation work in an established firm?


In this episode of Inside the Box, JDM talks through a four-step process for finding the most valuable market opportunities for your company.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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For our first episode of 2022, with all the promise that a new year brings, we almost have to talk about ideation. But, most of the time, when we talk about ideation, we're talking about brand new companies. But! What if you're an established company looking to innovate? What if you want to hedge your bets against threats in the market? What if you want to unlock growth and scale where it seems elusive?


In other words, how does ideation work in an established firm?


In this episode of Inside the Box, JDM talks through a four-step process for finding the most valuable market opportunities for your company.


Sponsors


Inside the Box with JDM is sponsored by The Right Box, a bespoke team of entrepreneurs and innovators who help startup founders find the quickest past to traction, or fail fast trying.


Links

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]]> <![CDATA[Stop trying to kill the MVP just because you don't understand it!]]> Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:05:16 GMT 16:26 61cbfaab1e269b0014684fd4 false https://rightbox.co/content/stop-trying-to-kill-the-mvp-just-because-you-dont-understand-it 61cbfaab1e269b0014684fd4 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b stop-trying-to-kill-the-mvp-just-because-you-dont-understand full 3 There have been quite a few articles written over the past few years that are down on MVPs — the so-called minimum viable products that are central to the idea of the Lean Startup. These articles argue that focusing on what’s minimally viable leads to the creation of products that are sub-par, that customers don’t want, and that ultimately fail in the marketplace. Why is that so in vogue these days? Why are so many people so down on the MVP that’s served so many startups so well?


On this episode of the podcast, JDM talks vents a little bit on why these efforts to re-invent and rebrand MVPs not only miss the point of the MVP but are also tragically misguided.


About the Podcast


Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.


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]]> There have been quite a few articles written over the past few years that are down on MVPs — the so-called minimum viable products that are central to the idea of the Lean Startup. These articles argue that focusing on what’s minimally viable leads to the creation of products that are sub-par, that customers don’t want, and that ultimately fail in the marketplace. Why is that so in vogue these days? Why are so many people so down on the MVP that’s served so many startups so well?


On this episode of the podcast, JDM talks vents a little bit on why these efforts to re-invent and rebrand MVPs not only miss the point of the MVP but are also tragically misguided.


About the Podcast


Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.


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]]> <![CDATA[Your idea sucks — and that's fantastic!]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:31:23 GMT 16:22 61c28dfb5cf5b00012f3c96d false https://rightbox.co/content/your-idea-sucks-and-thats-fantastic 61c28dfb5cf5b00012f3c96d 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b your-idea-sucks-and-thats-fantastic full 2 We’ve all heard, and maybe even said, “there’s no such thing as a bad idea”. And the point is that when we’re ideating, it’s helpful to suppress our internal critic so we don’t accidentally filter out good stuff — and, sometimes, bad ideas inspire good ideas through discussion.


So it’s not that JDM disagrees with that. He certainly doesn't! But he doesn't seem to think it goes quite far enough. It’s not that there’s no such thing as a bad idea, JDM says, but that, in fact, there’s actually no such thing as a good idea.


On this episode of the podcast, JDM talks about why your startup or other innovation idea sucks — and, more importantly, why that’s actually pretty fantastic.


About the Podcast


Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> We’ve all heard, and maybe even said, “there’s no such thing as a bad idea”. And the point is that when we’re ideating, it’s helpful to suppress our internal critic so we don’t accidentally filter out good stuff — and, sometimes, bad ideas inspire good ideas through discussion.


So it’s not that JDM disagrees with that. He certainly doesn't! But he doesn't seem to think it goes quite far enough. It’s not that there’s no such thing as a bad idea, JDM says, but that, in fact, there’s actually no such thing as a good idea.


On this episode of the podcast, JDM talks about why your startup or other innovation idea sucks — and, more importantly, why that’s actually pretty fantastic.


About the Podcast


Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Stop telling people to think outside the box! Stop telling people to think outside the box! Mon, 06 Dec 2021 22:00:23 GMT 13:47 61bcd281d2c9ae00144598ed false https://rightbox.co/content/stop-telling-people-to-think-outside-the-box 61bcd281d2c9ae00144598ed 61a9607a2309f7001461f78b stop-telling-people-to-think-outside-the-box full 1 This is the first episode of a brand new podcast from The Right Box, a bespoke consulting group who helps innovative teams make the kinds of decisions that don’t make themselves. This is going to be a simple episode, where host JDM talks about why we’re doing this podcast, and why telling someone to “think outside the box” is not only the most unhelpful advice you could provide, but it’s also the wrong way to think about creativity and innovation.


ABOUT THE PODCAST

Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> This is the first episode of a brand new podcast from The Right Box, a bespoke consulting group who helps innovative teams make the kinds of decisions that don’t make themselves. This is going to be a simple episode, where host JDM talks about why we’re doing this podcast, and why telling someone to “think outside the box” is not only the most unhelpful advice you could provide, but it’s also the wrong way to think about creativity and innovation.


ABOUT THE PODCAST

Inside the Box is a podcast about the metacognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, where we talk about the tools and techniques used to create amazing products and launch high-growth startups. Most importantly, we talk about the mindset successful innovators use to avoid getting in their own way.

You can subscribe to Inside the Box on your podcast app of choice — and please leave us a rating or review.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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