Ep 57: Annual Review and Planning for 2024 — Product Market Fit podcast (startups | tech | leadership)

I have a very topical episode for you today all about annual review and planning. My guest today is Jason Shen, three-time founder, turned executive coach and resilience expert. Jason has a wonderful video on YouTube that walks you through a reflection and planning exercise perfect for this time of year. Jason and I discuss the framework and provide relevant context for founders and entrepreneurs. Jason and I also talk about resilience, pivots, and zombie startups, topics from his recently published book, The Path to Pivot.  I couldn’t think of a more fitting and practical way to close out the year and I hope you find it useful. I highly recommend you complete that exercise once you’re done listening to this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gumFl3nYF4U Chapters: (02:05) Setting the Guinness World Record (twice) (03:34) Annual review and planning framework (04:59) "Looking back" — moments; achievements; lessons (10:47) "The check-in" — life audit; start, stop, and continue; write a letter to future you (14:43) "Charting ahead" — the long list; shortlist; systems (17:28) Common mistakes when doing an annual review (19:03) Discussion about resilience (22:59) When to pivot your startup (28:54) Zombie startups and ZIRP (34:26) Lightning round (38:03) Conclusion Guest Contact Info: Jason's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jasonshen Company & newsletter: jasonshen.com Get the book: jasonshen.gumroad.com/l/path-to-pivot-beta Sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠grwth.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Grwth offers fractional CMOs, paired with best-in-class digital marketing execution to support early-stage startup success. With a focus on seed and series A companies, Grwth has helped a number of SaaS, digital health, and e-commerce startups build their go-to-market function and scale up. To learn more and book a free consultation, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠grwth.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get in touch with Mosheh: ⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/in/moshehp⁠ ⁠twitter.com/Moshehp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [email protected] ⁠pmfpod.com