Video: Making Trade-off Decisions

July 17, 2014 at 05:00 PM
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Trade-offs are rife in startups due to limited resources but, as trade-offs are very subjective, there is no best practice or defined process to deal with them. Harry Jones has worked in startups for 10 years and has plenty of experience making challenging trade-offs. Now, as Co-Founder and CPO of Top10.com, he looks back at the strategies he has developed over the years to help him make trade-off decisions.

In this ProductTank talk, Harry (@harryjones) goes through 5 strategies for making tough product decisions including: Just Say No; Define Your Vision; and Trust Your Intuition. Watch the video for more of Harry's tips and real life case studies.

About the author

Eve Kekeh

Eve Kekeh

Eve Kekeh is a final year International Management student at the University of Manchester. Having recently returned from a year studying branding, marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, she is now interning for the lovely teams at Mind the Product and ProdPad.

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