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Joel Salinas's avatar

Katie, great post! This truly is a trap if done without limiting risk or measuring to iterate

Chris Tottman's avatar

We tend to believe in the "white glove to understand deeply then start automating for scale" approach. Thanks for sharing this thoughtful piece ✨

Katie Barnes's avatar

That’s a great way to look at it! Thanks for reading :)

Dennis Berry's avatar

Yes, I think there is some value in the "just figure it out" technique to launch... but then we really need to dial in the systems or we're gonna run into problems.

Katie Barnes's avatar

As long as you’re learning from those! And documenting the learns 😬

Chintan Zalani's avatar

Onboarding really is something so important for SaaS businesses. I like the idea of a shared checklist. It could really be a great starting point!

Jonas Braadbaart's avatar

Super useful! Plenty of founders are 100% forward-looking - comes with the job I guess 😆 - which doesn't bode well for aftercare etc