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Something to show on Friday

One question every week: what can you show this week? Not a plan — something that works. The logic behind the question.

by UzCombinator

Something to show on Friday

Every Friday there is one question: what can you show this week? Not a plan, not a deck — something that works. This post is about the logic behind that question.

Why Friday

The biggest risk in a startup's first months is being busy without doing anything. Meetings, documents, choosing a logo. A result that has to be shown on Friday cuts through that noise.

Friday: every team shows its result
Friday: every team shows its result

We break it into three rules:

  1. A result is something a customer can see
  2. One goal a week, not two
  3. If you cannot show it, the week did not happen

If there is nothing to show on Friday, the week did not happen.

What it looks like in practice

WeekGoalResult
1One sentenceWho it is for, what, why you
2First versionSomething a person can hold
3With customersTen conversations
On the whiteboard: the week's one goal
On the whiteboard: the week's one goal
The cohort
The cohort
One room
One room
Results
Results

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