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Question answered in Quora - After raising more than $200k, we have realised as a team that our idea


Look for a Pivot opportunity,

  1. Go back and talk to all the end users you showed your product or demoed your product - ask them what are the other problems they have in the same area where your product was providing a solution - Along with the talk, you can also follow the end user for a few days (or a week) starting from the time he enters the office/work and he leaves his office/work - the idea is to question every single thing he is doing in a sensible way (many would say that is how they have done that stuff right from the beginning, they don't know the reason for it)

  2. Then identify the top 3 problems that your team can work on

  3. Then build solutions one by one to the top 3 problems

  4. Go back to the users again, demo your solution, ask for the problems again and repeat the exercise

  5. The hope is the you can identify 3 to 4 solid problems you can address

  6. Then build a solid solution addressing those 3 to 4 problems

  7. Then go back to the market, prove how well you are solving the problem & the other cool things associated with your solution.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Puga Sankara is the CEO and Founder of Smart Gladiator. Smart Gladiator is an ATDC Georgia Tech company, Smart Gladiator's award-winning product LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is an Enterprise Photo Documentation System that is enjoying tremendous traction in the Supply Chain Community. LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is a patent pending Centralized Cloud based Enterprise Photo Documentation System for Supply Chain. It is built on the premise that photos and videos are vital documentation serving as compelling proof of important operations performed in the supply chain within and across organizations. These operations may be related to fulfilling customer orders, meeting contractual obligations, or transferring merchandise across different parties taking part in the Supply Chain operations. LoadProof is as important for your organization as an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which is an enterprise system of record for critical documents such as Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Contracts between parties etc. that have tremendous legal ramifications, or a WMS (Warehouse Management System), that holds indispensable information related to orders shipment/fulfilment data. Just like Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat have evolved into platforms that enable individuals to showcase how pretty they or their clothes are, LoadProof is a similar Enterprise system of record that holds photos, not so much for show off, but to serve as compelling, unequivocal, thoroughly documented proof, even in the court of law when there is a dispute between organizations while they perform many facets of their functions/operations, as well as for increased visibility and transparency within the Supply Chain. The capabilities of LoadProof are discussed in detail in the next sections of the document below. LoadProof is live in 460+ Sites, 250+ corporates, 13 Countries.There are more testimonials in this link here also https://www.g2.com/products/loadproof/reviews. Learn more here on our YouTube channel,  https://youtube.com/@smartgladiatorloadproof  & also here in LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartgladiator/

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