How to invest and divest in bets
summary
Presents a practical framework that breaks bets into stages — discover, prototype, scale — and prescribes explicit checkpoints and metrics so teams know when to double down or kill an initiative. Lays out tools: an annual planning cadence plus a rolling portfolio review that balances short and long horizons, uses experiments and adoption metrics as decision triggers, and cites Cedar examples where one product bet pivots after missing milestones while another scales after a targeted experiment.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Investment strategies
- 10:29Smart investing principles
- 20:58Making investment decisions
- 27:48Evaluating your approach
- 31:36Closing remarks
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