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Minimal Viable Category Design w/ Pietro Bezza

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In this episode, we’re joined by Pietro Bezza, co-founder and managing partner at Connect Ventures. Pietro shares a framework he calls “minimal viable category design,” which focuses on helping early stage startups have the right conversations about the problem they’re solving and their plans for evangelizing it.

Listen now to find out:

  • The challenges of pursuing “product/market” fit instead of “market/product” fit
  • What Pietro looks for when evaluating early stage startups for investment
  • Why understanding the timing and evolution of your category is key

This episode was hosted by John Rougeux and Mike Damphousse.

This episode is sponsored by:

Category Design Advisors
BeTheStage.live

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Manage episode 385005667 series 3479377
Content provided by Pablo Gonzalez, John Rougeux, Mike Damphousse, Pablo Gonzalez, John Rougeux, and Mike Damphousse. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Pablo Gonzalez, John Rougeux, Mike Damphousse, Pablo Gonzalez, John Rougeux, and Mike Damphousse or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode, we’re joined by Pietro Bezza, co-founder and managing partner at Connect Ventures. Pietro shares a framework he calls “minimal viable category design,” which focuses on helping early stage startups have the right conversations about the problem they’re solving and their plans for evangelizing it.

Listen now to find out:

  • The challenges of pursuing “product/market” fit instead of “market/product” fit
  • What Pietro looks for when evaluating early stage startups for investment
  • Why understanding the timing and evolution of your category is key

This episode was hosted by John Rougeux and Mike Damphousse.

This episode is sponsored by:

Category Design Advisors
BeTheStage.live

  continue reading

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