BizLink was TecONE monthly event
and this time invited professionals to share the fundamental elements for
business acceleration. BizLink offered a
platform to learn from others and built up business network. Mr. Michael Au (LEAP Program, HKSTP) was the
speaker. Firstly, he briefed our service
including tailor-made consulting, strategic connections, mentor/domain expert,
professional panel, etc.
Then he explained “Business
Acceleration” meant that “Reach your milestone FASTER.” He questioned to entrepreneurs “Are you ready
for Business Acceleration?” There are
three stages below.
Stage 1 – Basic (0-1): it needed to focus on R&D, Proof of Concept (POC)
and Proof of Market (POM) (Good concept did not necessary to have market.)
Stage 2 – Ready (1): It should have stable Revenue and to check its
differentiation and Scalability.
Stage 3 – Acceleration (1-100): It achieved Product Market Fit (PMF) that is
about customers (users) need. It can be
EMOTIONAL FIT or INTELLECTUAL FIT.
Mr. Au also used POM tool – Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
to explain how to test the market. We
didn’t need too many functions but minimum function that user needed. He also quoted Kano model to explain the
delighter (Delight Quality) to differentiate your product.
Some case studies were briefed
such as Instagram, Flickr, Yelp, YouTube and Slack. They all served a specific need in the
beginning and then stick core customer for product improvement. Finally, the product became PMF.
After that Mr. Au introduced 4
fundamental scopes for business acceleration. (You need to think the follow
items)
1) Investment
Why do you NEED that money? How
much? For what?
Find the Correct Strategic
Investor.
Align your target/Interest with
investors.
1 Minute Pitching:
Problem-Solution, Differentiation, Scalability, Team
2) Team Expansion
Core members, management
Company by functions, by size
Regional offices – local wisdom
Cash burn
3) New Product / Target Segment
New and similar product (e.g.
Apple – iPod → iPhone → iPad)
New but different product (e.g.
Daniel Wellington from watch to bracelet)
New Audience (e.g. Abbott – mike power
for baby → for mother → for old lady)
Geographical (e.g. DinTaiFung,
Insight Robotics)
4) Business Model Changes
Direct Sales → Channels
Physical shop → eCommerce
Projects → SaaS
Inhouse → Outsource
He also said Key Performance
Indicators were tool for progress check which could measure your company’s
milestone. There were three key KPIs
below.
i) Conversion Rate (equal to or more than 100%)
ii) Churn Rate (客戶流失率) (If > 4%, it needs to rethink
your business. If >8%, your company
will disappear in one year.)
iii) Market Share
Mr. Au introduced AARRR model for
checking user conversion. In the left
side funnel, many people expected the user decreasing like a funnel. However, many user actually stopped use your
produce after “Activation”. If your
product was Product Market Fit (PMF), users were not only retention but also
referral to others and then made profit.
That the conversion rate would be more than 100%!
Finally, Mr. Au summarized three
important points:
-
Set Milestone with KPI
-
Product Market Fit with MVP
-
Know your Churn Rate
He concluded to understand your
differentiation from end user’s point of view.
The next speaker was Mr. Gomain
Lai and he introduced his company and product which related to renewal energy
(Wind Energy).
His product differentiation
included higher efficiency, lower installation cost, more economy per watt and more
flexible to employ in City.
After all presentation, each entrepreneur
introduced their company and product within One minute.
At the end, we took a group photo
for memory.
Reference:
HKSTP - http://www.hkstp.org
TecONE - http://tecone.hkstp.org/t1_web/
LEAP program - https://www.hkstp.org/hkstp_web/en/what-we-do/nurture-technology-talents/leading-enterprises-acceleration-programme
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