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Apr 2025
23m 45s

How to Pick Which (Of Your Many) Ideas t...

Brian Scordato | Tacklebox
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Got a notebook full of startup ideas but no clue which one to build first? In this week’s pen-and-paper episode, we walk through the ERP—Early Rep Potential—Rubric, our simple scoring system that shows you which idea you can run the fastest customer “reps” on. We’ll put Erica (a Tacklebox member juggling “easily twenty ideas”) to the test, scoring her two bi ... Show More
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