When I develop a new idea into a business, it passes through a few distinct stages. Each stage has a **Gate** - a pass/fail scenario which must be achieved to continue the concept forward.
| Stage | Goal|
| -- | -- |
| Idea | Validate the idea with social proof, market research, or a first client |
| Alpha | First Revenue |
| Beta | Increasing Revenue, Clear Growth Channel |
| Profitable | Profitable, Clear Growth Channel |
| Venture | Profitable enough to hire out all day to day operations|
## GOTAudio
| Stage | Venture|
| -- | -- |
| How/Why It Exists | This is all my audio related businesses. Includes callforcontent.com and podcastscore.com. |
| Team | GM is on medical leave, audio production team is under this |
| Current Status | I'm looking to move this out of agency services by selling Call For Content, I have a new partnership underway |
| Next Gate | Finalize Partnership Terms, Sell Call For Content Digital Presence |
## DigitalTalent.Management
| Stage | Alpha|
| -- | -- |
| How/Why It Exists | I've been asked to do this many times, and never had a way before |
| Team | None at the moment, uses some audio production assets |
| Current Status | #CreatorSpaces is a seed for this. Business Model & Value Prop are near fit, but time to revenue is slow |
| Next Gate | acquire 10 clients and achieve first payout |
## WeeklyClickdown.com
| Stage | Beta |
| -- | -- |
| How/Why It Exists | I love ClickUp and want a community. |
| Team | GOTA GM will reassign here on return, hiring a 50% team member here |
| Current Status | Seeding for Pre-Launch, Bad Consistency |
| Next Gate | Launch & First Customer |
## SouthAfricaTalent.com
| Stage | Profitable|
| -- | -- |
| How/Why It Exists | We had excess hiring capacity at CFC, this was first tested in 2019/ |
| Team | None at the moment, will share with Clickdown |
| Current Status | Ready for relaunch, awaiting new hires |
| Next Gate | Populate & launch new website |
I expect I'll drop one of these or merge Clickdown with SAT in the near future.
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