The Magic Map of Startup AR

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩? 𝙈𝙚: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬'𝙨 𝘔𝘘 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢.

Innovators can hardly be described well with today’s criteria.

Innovators rewrite the criteria.

That’s what the 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙖𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥 𝘼𝙍 describes.

It helps you navigate the unseen part of the playing field wisely.

And get value from AR from day one:

🧭 Using your visionary strength ASAP

→ 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠

⏰ Starting introductory briefings early

→ 𝙂𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 & 𝙋𝙈𝙁 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨

🚀 Building analyst confidence steadily

→ 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙘𝙮

🔥 Minimal-viable / Selective / Strategic AR

 → 𝙂𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚

I came across a great post from Keith Andes, a former Gartner analyst, who echoed key parts of this thinking:

“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸.”

This is also backed by our data from 850+ participants in the State of Startups with Industry Analysts research 2022 and 2025. (Happy to share!)

🚀 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙖𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙥 𝘼𝙍 𝙞𝙣 300 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨.

Curious how others see AR: Wait for perfection or engage early?