Tackling Overfishing With Deep Tech Precision, the Importance of Transparency in Building a Team That Has Your Back, and Why They Collaborate With Com...

"I mean, it was beautiful, with loads of nuances and touches to make it user-friendly but we should have built an MVP way quicker. We should have just gotten a box, shoved some LED lights in it, built 10 of them, put them in a net [and asked potential users], does this work for you?”This — the pitfalls of spending too much money and time over-designing their first product — was one of the first lessons Dan Watson learned when launching precision fishing start-up SafetyNet Technologies.He’s my latest guest on The High-EQ Founder podcast, where we discuss:the degree of user interaction they now have when building their MVPsthe surprising downside of winning the prestigious James Dyson design awardhow SafetyNet punches above its weight by collaborating with their competitorshow being transparent with his team paid off in fierce loyalty, even as he had to let half of them goFollow Dan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-watson-05706128/Sign up for The High-EQ Founder newsletter: https://www.renitakalhorn.com/newsletter/ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renitakalhorn/ Music by Tom Fox: https://tfbeats.com/ Get full access to The High-EQ Founder by Renita Kalhorn at renitakalhorn.substack.com/subscribe