We are Category Designers. We believe creation wins & the company that designs the category is best positioned to dominate it. Book: https://xitter.cf/t.co/x11wb4gU1O

SF / Silicon Valley
Joined September 2011
Our methods are tailored to accommodate early stage companies with Ignite, growth stage companies with Activate and hyper-growth / public companies with Immerse. Learn more about how we might work with your company here > hubs.la/Q033QmTH0 #playbigger #categorydesign
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🎙️ Category Creation Lab Podcast, "Markets Just Don’t Understand!"... 🌊 Ride the wave of change 💡 Unlock untapped opportunities w/ #ProblemMarketFit 🚫 Avoid skipping the problem for the product 🎧 Listen now: hubs.la/Q031PvlN0
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New Year, New Resolutions... 5 things in 2025 to supercharge your category 1️⃣ Focus on problems, not solutions 2️⃣ Find non-obvious problems 3️⃣ Build ecosystems, not just products 4️⃣ Help competitors follow your lead 5️⃣ Create a Vision for the Future 🔗 hubs.la/Q031qzN10
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🎧Tune in as Mike & Jason delve into the GenAl Trough of Disillusionment & how hype downcycles create the ideal conditions for finding exponential growth and monetizing new markets 🔗 hubs.la/Q02VNTDC0 #CategoryDesign #PlayBigger #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #Leadership
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We’re live at the Ray Summit watching @anyscalecompute unveil a powerful POV about the future of AI computing. As AI/ML workloads push limits, rapid innovation in infrastructure has created-the ‘AI Complexity Wall.’ 🚧 #RaySummit2024 #ray #raysummit #AI #Anyscale #categorydesign
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🌊Wherever your travels may take you this weekend, we hope you are riding a perfect #10 wave...shout out #adambartlett riding the #playbigger board #laborday #weekendvibes #surfsup #perfect10 #categorydesign
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CEOs of legendary businesses take positioning seriously. They make a choice to be different, creating or disrupt a very big market category. We share 6 tips to consider when crafting your Point of View Statement >> hubs.la/Q02DtKV50 #playbigger #process #poisitioning #pov
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If you are a founder/CEO and experiencing these pain points, your company is likely suffering from a much bigger problem: #marketmyopia @alramadan shares insight... Watch> hubs.la/Q02CFZjy0 #gotomarket #pov #foundersebook #playbigger #monty24 #categorydesign #comingsoon
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In most cases, problem-based selling isn’t actually Problem-Based Selling because most companies are in an established category competing with people who already solve that problem. Mike Bruno - The Issue with 90% of Problem-Based Selling Strategies hubs.la/Q02p5vN10
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Compete or Create: The Difference Between Incremental and Exponential Returns hubs.la/Q02nqNGs0
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In this replay of hubs.la/Q02lJ2hh0 live AMA event with @alramadan, they discover how category designers are fortunate to have a skill that extends beyond startups to nonprofits, global warming, public companies, and more.
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Feb 5, 12PM EST / 9AM PST // Live Category Thinkers AMA with Al Ramadan of Play Bigger – Beyond Tech Startups We’ll unpack how category design extends beyond startups to nonprofits, global warming, public companies, and more. Register: tinyurl.com/3f5hdbva
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Coming up with a better solution to the same problem is nowhere near as powerful as coming up with a new solution to a different problem. If you don’t see the different problem you are solving, that’s a problem.
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A Category is a Time Release Capsule hubs.la/Q023_3zq0
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Good Ideas are Killing Start-ups. hubs.la/Q023J_Bk0
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Have you ever been really wrong, but the awkwardness forced you to put in the work to get it really right?hubs.la/Q02383XZ0
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