Most founders prove they can't make hard calls.
I just got off a strategy call with a founder. 52 features planned for 2026.
Let me tell you:
You spend $10K on a mountain offsite. Build Gantt charts for 12 months. A 50-page strategy deck nobody reads.
And your devs can't execute a single page of it.
You don't know what works. So you predict the future to fill the gap.
Early-stage startups don't need 12-month roadmaps.
8 weeks. That's your window.
→ Pick 3 small bets. Ship them in 2 weeks each. → Or 1 big bet for 6 weeks. → Spend the last 2 weeks deciding what dies.
Anything beyond 8 weeks? Fiction.
Shorten your cycle.