Name an Operating Problem - First City Foundry

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Which seat are you taking this quarter?

Pick one. If you run a company and also sell, choose the seat you want this quarter. You only get one.

I run a company, and I have a problem in it. I take a specific problem off a founder's plate. I connect people. The work is the introduction. I build the room. A community, an event, or a local network.

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The person and the company

Tell us who you are and which organizations you know firsthand.

Name * Email * City * Company * Your role * Company site or LinkedIn In one sentence, what does the company do? *

Revenue size Choose one for your company. Under $1M$1M-$10MOver $10MNo P&L

People Choose one for your company. Just me2-1011-5051 or more

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Name the problem, not the department.

The same problem list is used for every seat so a useful match has a shared starting point.

Which one is true right now? Pick one. * The founder cannot see the business clearly enough to decide.The work is busy and the money is thin.The company stops when the founder stops.The product or the system is not built.The customers are not coming, or they are the wrong ones.The team cannot carry the work.Money, a deal, or an owner transition.The right people are not in the same room.

At the last event you went to, who did you meet more of? * People with a problem in their own companyPeople sellingAbout the sameI don't go to these

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What would make this quarter useful?

Choose any that are true. “Not this quarter” can stand on its own.

This quarter I will * Take one introductionSit in one working session on a named problemBring foundersBring people who can name one problem they takeNot this quarter. Keep me on file.

The room rule *I will not pitch from the floor. If I am here as a provider, I am here for a problem someone already named.

May Kurent and Buildly write you about one match and the next quarterly room? *YesNot yet

One room for a named problem.

Which seat are you taking this quarter?

The person and the company

Name the problem, not the department.

What would make this quarter useful?