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How do founders plan goals?

Answer: Founders should avoid rigid yearly roadmaps. Instead, plan using cascading frameworks from yearly (SLR CAMERAS) down to daily (DC ERPRS) sprints.

Detailed Explanation

Planning should not be a static event that happens once in January. In the Founder Frameworks methodology, founders establish a 'Success Peak' using SLR CAMERAS for the year. This is then broken down into quarterly chunks using MC BEERS, tracked monthly via PC PEERS, and executed on a weekly and daily basis. This allows for rapid pivoting based on market feedback without losing sight of the overarching goal.

Example

For example, a Q3 goal to reach $100k MRR (SLR CAMERAS) is translated into an August initiative to launch a new feature (MC BEERS), which is broken into a weekly sprint for the backend engineers (WC TEARS).

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