What Is Your Sustainability Strategy?

Words of wisdom we’ve found from Founders, VC’s and Investors.

Here’s this weeks top 5:

#1

Sustainability should be an intentional strategy that guides and measures business performance. Here’s a few things to keep in mind while building out your sustainability strategy:

1) You cannot manage what you cannot meausure - establish clear cut mesueable goals and KPI’s.

2) Hold leadership accountable - your strategy is only as good as the people driving it.

3) Your progress is powered by collaboration - it takes team participation for your strategy to carry momentum.

#2

I did some digging to find a playbook that works and is sustainable. John has built a ton of startups based on this exact framework (MarsX.dev and Filmgrail).

I love the concept of the “One Feature MVP” - Focus on one key feature and drop the rest.

#3

Speaking of sustainability and accountability, this company one pager is essential! When it comes to your sustainability strategy, making it a part of the company culture is mandatory.

The best company I ever worked for had a one-pager almost identical to this and all employees were held accountable for knowing the one-pager. It played a huge role in the success of the company. One band, one sound!

#4

“Be more interested and less interesting.”

Be more interested in your customers feedback as it will guide your business on new products, services, and even the direction to take your company or startup. Sustainability does not exist without your customers!

#5

This post is GOLD for all founders. Great founders posses high levels of energy and as we know, energy is contagious. Energy also contributes to confidence!

One main takeaway from this post - “Only get advice from people in places you want to be. Bad advice is the most expensive advice on the planet.”

Feel free to share your thoughts on this issue! If there’s any topics you’d like to know about as a Founder let us know and we’ll get to work to cover it.