Stefan Zanetti

How the E3 Model helped ACME13 to turn around

๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ โ€œ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€. ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ.

Analyze and sort your ideas into 3 buckets:

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Iโ€™ve run this exact strategy with 30+ ventures stuck in the grey zone.

With the support of Pipo, Pivotals AI-based strategy companion, I help them go consistently from โ€œweโ€™re scattered across 12+ directionsโ€ to โ€œwe know exactly what to bet onโ€, in a 5h workshop.

I call it the โ€œE3 Frameworkโ€.

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜:

Exploit what is still working. Optimize & squeeze every drop of ROI from there.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜”๐˜Œ13: ๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ 6 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ…
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 30% ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต (!).

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:

Validate 2โ€“3 high-potential bets for where the business could go next.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜”๐˜Œ13: ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 7 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง-๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜๐˜—๐˜ด…
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ-๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 70%…

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:

These are future-facing ideas that sound good in theory but lack proof. Approach with curiosity but limited capacity.

๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜”๐˜Œ13 ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 1 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏโ€ฆ


๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ-๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜”๐˜Œ14 ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ:

  • 75% of exploit initiatives were implemented and reduced burn rate
  • 1 of the experiments became core strategy
  • 2 exploration ideas attracted potential buyers

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