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Lab Time vs. Field Work: Balancing for Product Success
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Lab Time vs. Field Work: Balancing for Product Success

Explore the crucial balance between Lab Time and Field Work to unlock the potential of your product ideas. Learn key strategies for impactful product development.

Mar 31, 2021

1 min read

Updated Jan 3, 2024

Are you a product creator struggling to get traction with your new product? Or are you an entrepreneur struggling to add your next big winner to your product range?

If so, there’s a chance you’ve got your time split between field work and lab time all wrong.

It’s a problem you may not even realize you have – but one that’s keeping you stuck in a frustrating cycle of getting nowhere first. 

So in this video, I’ll explain the difference between Lab Time and Field Work – and why you need to do both if you want to make a big impact with your next product idea.

Cathryn Lavery

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Cathryn Lavery

Cathryn built and sold BestSelf, bought it back from private equity, and still runs it. She writes Little Might so she doesn't have to keep these lessons in her head.

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