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Silent reading (20 min)
This part of the meeting is conducted in silence (with mics muted on video calls) so people can focus on reading and commenting on the PR FAQs without any distractions.
1. Clarify the process
Host: Invite everyone to a time of silent reading where they are 20-minutes to read all 3-parts of the PR FAQ writeup during this time.
1. Remind participants to click the ‘Done reading...’ button.
2. Start the timer once everyone’s ready to get started.
2. Start the 20-minute timer
Host: Start the timer once everyone’s ready to get started. If sharing your screen, you can zoom in on just this timer so everyone can keep an eye on it.
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3. Read and comment on documents
Participants:
1. Click the arrows (to the left of the icons below) to expand each of the documents.
2. Don’t forget to click the ‘Done reading...’ button after each section to notify Host of your status.
3. You can add comments or feedback on the documents:
* PR Feedback: Select any text in the PR and click the ‘plus (+) chat bubble’ to the right of it.
* FAQ Feedback: Click Add feedback (+) next to an FAQ; Click ‘X’ at top to close window/save comments.
Review the PR
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Press Release
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Review the External FAQs
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FAQ
Proposed Response
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What is the price?
It’s only $50!
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How do I get it?
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How does it work? (You are likely to have multiple versions of this question that cover different aspects of the customer experience.)
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Review the Internal FAQs
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FAQ
Proposed Response
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How large is the estimated consumer demand for Melinda? What is the TAM (total addressable market?
The component parts to answering this include:
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How do I get it?
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What happens if a customer encounters x? How does the product deal with use case x? (there are likely to be several such questions).
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What are the challenging product engineering problems we will need to solve?
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What are the challenging customer UI problems we will need to solve?
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How will we manage the risk of the upfront investment required?
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Do we have any third-party dependencies to build this product? If so, what are they and why will they be willing to partner with us (what is in it for them)?
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What third-party technologies are we dependent on to function properly for x to work as promised?
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Are there any potential regulatory or legal issues to consider?
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What are the per-unit economics of the product? That is, what is our expected Gross Profit and Contribution profit per unit?
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What is the rationale for the price point you have chosen for the product?
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How much will we have to invest up front to build this product in terms of people, technology, inventory, warehouse space, etc.?
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What/who are the current competitors for this product?
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Will we use a direct sales force or partner with someone to go to market?
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