High level overview:

Strategy comes in 3 phases

• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Implementation

Analysis

List of tools/frameworks to use when gathering raw materials for synthesis stage

• SWOT analysis – Macro analysis
• Porter 5 Forces – Micro analysis
• BCG Matric – Portfolio analysis
• Trends – Future
• Business Model Generation

Synthesis

• Mission: Core Business – what do we do
  • We buy and sell real estate for a profit
• Vision: How we see ourselves in the future:
  • Attributes:
    • Set with a specific date in mind
    • Measurable
    • Challenging
    • KISS – Keep It Simple and Stupid
  • Example: We plan to manage USD100 million worth of funds in the Single Family Home Real Estate Space in US by year 2020
• Values:
  • Description: Core Principle we will not compromise on while we pursue our goals:
  • Example: Accuracy and Timeliness in our decision making
• Priority List:
  • Description: a list of milestones with corresponding expected dates of accomplishment that we need to hit for us to get from where we are not to where we want to be
  • Example:
    • Mar 2017: Stabilize data pipelining
    • April 2017: Finalize MVP for prediction models
    • July 2017: Close first round of funding USD500K
    • Mar 2018: Finished deploying funds
    • July 2018: Close second round of funding USD1,500,000
    • July 2019: Close second round of funding USD3,000,000
    • July 2020: Closed X round of funding USD 5,000,000

Implementation

• Action Plan
• Balance Score Card
• Scrum
• OKRs
• Design Thinking
• Lean Methodology