Founder's Journey Unplugged

In this episode, we are looking into how to connect your product roadmap to your vision and goals, and how to approach roadmapping as an early-stage startup.
We will talk about:

• How to get sales and product aligned behind the roadmap
• Why it is import to distinguish between your roadmap and your backlog
• What it means to balance predictability and adaptability and why this matters
• Best practise around prioritization and roadmapping tools

If you want to read more about this topic, then check out Markus deep-dive article about "The playbook to fix your product roadmap" and us on Linkedin to not miss other important insights -> Markus & Bastian.

We strongly believe in having a well-structured software development approach early on. In this episode, our tech-co-founder Hasib has joined us, and we are sharing our software development best practices at Flinn.ai and learnings from our last 10 years in agile development.

What you’ll learn:

1️⃣ Why to start introducing a well-structured agile methodology early on.

2️⃣ How to choose the right framework - Kanban vs. Scrum.

3️⃣ Adapting processes for remote teams.

4️⃣ How being flexible within agile methodologies.

5️⃣ Why you should separate product and technical planning.

6️⃣ How to use story points as a key communication tool.

7️⃣ How to make the most of your routines like planning, standup etc.

As a founder, you're often inundated with a myriad of urgent tasks, making it challenging to prioritize the truly critical ones. One highly effective approach to ease the load during the early stages is bringing on board an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). This dynamic individual can serve as your invaluable partner, working closely with you for a few months, and potentially evolving into a pivotal role within your company, growing alongside it.

What you'll learn:

1️⃣ What is the difference between entrepreneur resident, founder associate, chief of staff, and founder resident?

2️⃣ When is the right time, and why would you hire this role

3️⃣ How we did this at Flinn.ai

4️⃣ The responsibilities of these hires and what should stay with the founder.

5️⃣ How to find or recruit them

6️⃣ What should you look for when hiring this profile

Setting clear, meaningful goals is among the most important priorities for founders. In this episode, we explore how we use Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) Flinn Comply and what we have learned about OKRs over the past 8 years.

What you'll learn:

1️⃣ OKRs' Importance: Align your vision and mission with your OKRs.

2️⃣ Simplicity and Iteration: Start simple with one OKR. Refine as you learn.

3️⃣ Transparency: OKRs foster employee involvement and clarity.

4️⃣ Setting Priorities: Prioritise your OKRs; not all will succeed.

5️⃣ OKRs' Ambition Level: OKRs should challenge and inspire.

6️⃣ Outcome vs. Output: Focus on meaningful results, not checklists.

7️⃣ Feedback: Track often. Involve teams. Adjust goals.