A framework for Deep Tech product phases
This article suggests a simple framework for considering the Deep Tech startup product phases and their wider implication for organisational maturity. The context is especially focused new ventures faced with both the typical cold start problem of a new product, along with the uncertainty of frontier technology and all the markets, supply chains, and infrastructure it requires. This exploration is inspired by the running conversations and observations I have working in and around these teams, and the comparisons and contrasts to the typical experiences of product leaders in enterprise or startup organisations.
Whether you’re a founder, a product leader, an investor, or a curious human trying to make sense of what’s real and what’s just hyperbole in emerging and frontier technology, it helps to have a lens to look at the specific phases and wider context of such organisations and their output.
To get there we must first take a quick detour to understand the limits of the more popular framings for technology hype and readiness. After which we can explore the framework that I’ve found helps me not only understand the needs of the product I’m contributing to, but the relationship with the wider organisational evolution in the process.
