Hunsicker

🚀 Welcome to the latest installment of our Studio Lingo Series! Today, we're diving into one of the most crucial aspects of our playbook process: the "Stage Gates."⁠
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At Hunsicker, we don’t believe that great ideas are just born; instead, they’re meticulously crafted and refined. This is where our Stage Gates come into play as part of our Playbook. Picture a series of checkpoints, or gates, each representing a critical stage in our playbook process. These gates serve as rigorous evaluation points that ensure each concept we nurture is scrutinized, tested, and validated before it moves forward.⁠
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Each gate has its own set of criteria, tailored to measure the concept's viability, scalability, and alignment with market needs. These criteria are not just quantitative checkpoints; they are qualitative measures that assess the concept's potential impact and feasibility. This blend of rigor and creativity ensures that only the most promising, well-crafted ideas make it through.⁠
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The journey through the Stage Gates is not always linear. Often, instead of discarding ideas, we see them morph and evolve. A concept might pivot drastically, finding its true calling in a direction we hadn't initially anticipated. This flexibility and openness to learning and evolution are key to Hunsicker’s process and one of the core elements of how we allow our concepts and ideas to reach their full potential - or realize that it may be time to move on and start anew.⁠
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Stay tuned for more , and let us know which terms you'd like us to demystify next 🔍🗣️

At Hunsicker, we know that growing great companies requires great people. That’s why we’re always on the lookout for visionary and capable founders interested in creating big change.

Below are just a few of the things we look for when partnering with a co-founder to build a new venture:

1️⃣ Entrepreneurial spirit - you’ve built your own company, product, or teams, even if it wasn’t in a traditional startup environment

2️⃣ An affinity for the speed and quick decision making of startup culture

3️⃣ Creativity and persistence in the face of ambiguity and large, complicated problems

4️⃣ Readiness to build a company that yields a better future

5️⃣ Passion partnered with experience within a specific concept area that we’re working in

6️⃣ Experience in product design or development, engineering, business development, sales, or growth strategy

Does this sound like you? Check out our current open roles, or submit a general co-founder application now 🚀

Had a great time last night at our very first rendition of Hunsicker’s Fireside Convos! 🔥

In evaluating how our team can continue to build connections both in and outside of Lexington, we saw a gap in opportunities for players within the region’s innovation ecosystem to connect outside of happy hours + panels.

Thus, Hunsicker’s Fireside Convos were born: a series of curated, intimate, invite-only group discussions on various topics relevant to our community and entrepreneurship focused around a discussion piece chosen beforehand.

Last night, our discussion centered on AI in KY and an episode of the All In podcast on Auto GPT’s massive potential to disrupt the way we build startups today. Everyone gave the podcast a listen, gathered their thoughts, and came ready to hash out what we think the future of innovation within the new context of AI development will hold. It’s safe to say we covered a lot of ground, made new friends, left feeling refreshed and invigorated, and are looking forward to the next one already.

Thank you to everyone who attended and made our first go at this event style such a success! If you’d be interested in attending our next Fireside Convo in January, drop us a note at the link below and keep an eye on your inbox until then!
https://forms.gle/mxNYhCnMuMCorFWU8