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Pitfall Remedy

Welcome to the Pitfall Remedy advisory area of Team and a Dream(SM)! Here you’ll find remedies to common startup pitfalls. The remedies have colorful names like Astronaut, Bumpy Boundaries and Flypaper Testing. We hope you’ll find them both informative AND entertaining.

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Table of Contents
Management and Leadership Remedies
Planning Remedies
Product, Services and Development Remedies
Staffing and People Remedies
Sales and Clients Remedies
Marketing and Markets Remedies
Finance and Funding Remedies

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Management and Leadership Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Bouncing ideas	Concept & Formation	How do you figure out if an idea works before investing too much time?
Rock, pebbles, sand	Concept & Formation	Get the priorities right. Spending too much time on the wrong priorities can be very damaging
Company Dialogue	Initial Operations	As you grow, how do you keep your team engaged and interested? This easy technique can do wonders
The land of one-eyed kings	Initial Operations	Leverage your management team to its fullest potential. Don’t let limited views of how you should organize block your growth.
The wisdom tree	Initial Operations	Are you in danger of repeating the same mistakes over and over? This fast, simple technique can help.
Swarm	Initial Operations	Panic! A major crisis has appeared. Use Swarm to overcome
Astronaut	Initial Sales	One roadblock to growth is your own sense of importance. Take a lesson from Astronaut on how to give up to gain more

Planning Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Roadmap	Initial Operations	Most projects have several dimensions, several of which are often ignored until they become a problem. A clear path that works through the issues on a given project can work wonders for you and your clients
Milestone Plan	Initial Operations	Many startups feel they don’t have time to create and manage project plans. Others spend too much time on tedious methodology steps. Use Milestone Plans to strike the right balance – easily and quickly
Zen Timing	Initial Operations	Its easy to get caught up in excitement of the moment. These rules of thumb on “when to wait” can save you from diving in too fast
Job Jar	Initial Operations	How do you get those many, many jobs done that are falling through the cracks. The job jar can help!

Products, Services and Development Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
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Staffing and People Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Hogan’s Heroes	Concept & Formation	Who is going to help you get started? See some surprising ideas on getting peak performance from the most unlikely team members
Infantry, Calvary and Medics	Initial Operations	Are your responsibilities growing faster than your staff? This technique helps you identify who should do what, provides insight into where your next hires need to be and helps you measure personnel effectiveness

Sales and Clients Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Early Client	Initial Operations	The earliest clients must be approached and thought about differently than those in your business plan. Early Client helps you to close and manage these crucial relationships
First Real Client	Initial Sales	You’ve outlined them in your business plan, now find them and close them. The first ones are usually very different than the rest. This remedy shows how to best take advantage of those differences

Marketing and Markets Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Radio Telescope	Concept & Formation	Many startups fail to focus their market vision tightly enough. Radio Telescope helps you to separate the signal from the noise

Finance and Funding Remedies

Pitfall Remedy	Stage of Growth	Brief Description
Free Fundability Quiz	Initial Operations	Do you have what it takes to raise capital for your startup? Take this simple, free quiz, to see where you stand.