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#77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future

2020/3/3
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Mike Maples Jr.: 本次访谈的核心围绕初创公司投资的思维模型展开,他认为初创公司并非传统公司,而是由创始人及其对未来的独特洞察力所构成。成功的初创公司需要在洞察力、价值主张和可预测的增长策略上取得突破。他分享了多个思维模型,例如‘earned secret’(通过努力发现的、大多数人认为不直观的知识)、技术拐点和采用拐点(Why Now)、IDMA(Idea Maze,对某个想法的各种尝试进行结构化思考)、Think Wrong(反向思考,挑战现有模式)、总可寻址市场的神话(初创公司的市场是尚未形成的创新者运动)、反脆弱性(在压力下变得更强大)、建设者和说服者(创业团队中两种重要的角色)、以及四个价值验证实验(需求、解决方案、假设和验证)。他还强调了团队中‘不讨喜’的特质、以及‘Herbie 模型’(识别并解决创业过程中最关键的问题)的重要性。在增长阶段,他提出了获取、参与、盈利和招募四个齿轮模型,并强调了‘VP of nothing’(在增长阶段,创始人需要找到能够执行增长策略的人)的概念。 Shane Parrish: Shane Parrish 作为访谈主持人,引导 Mike Maples Jr. 分享其在初创公司投资领域的经验和见解,并就其提出的各种思维模型进行深入探讨和提问,例如‘earned secret’、‘Why Now’、IDMA、Think Wrong、总可寻址市场的神话、反脆弱性、建设者和说服者、Herbie 模型以及四个增长齿轮模型等。他通过提问,帮助听众更好地理解这些模型的含义和应用,并引导 Mike Maples Jr. 分享其在实践中的经验和教训。

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Mike Maples, a partner at the VC firm Floodgate, shares how mental models shape his decision-making process, where to find the next big idea, and how to rally people to your cause.

 

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