Dan Wu, JD/PhD

Dan Wu, JD/PhD

Dan Wu is our Lead Innovation Advisor focused on helping leaders build safe, high-growth products. As an SVP of Product & Chief Strategy Officer, he has led and managed products to achieve 6 to 8 figures in revenue. His work is informed by his background as a Harvard JD/PhD, where he focused on responsible innovation, social networks, and mixed-methods research.

Posts

Service to Product: A Founder's Guide

Oct 9, 2025

Get off the hamster wheel of trading time for money. Learn a proven, two-gate framework to evolve your service into a scalable product business.

Founder-Market Fit: Essential CEO Skills

Oct 9, 2025

Founder-market fit defines the key CEO skills to prioritize, empowering you to achieve financial sustainability and long-term success

How to Design Social Innovation Accelerators That Deliver Real Impact

Oct 8, 2025

Learn tips to create social innovation accelerators to weave tangible impact by design from start to finish

How to Prevent Scope Creep in Your Innovation Strategy

Oct 8, 2025

Discover 5 key strategies to effectively manage scope creep while driving your innovation strategy

Your Reading Guide to The Smart Nonprofit

Oct 8, 2025

A concise summary of the book The Smart Nonprofit

One Page Strategic Plan

Oct 4, 2025

Focus boldly to surpass big goals.

Feeling Overwhelmed? Here's How to Prioritize Strategic Initiatives

Oct 4, 2025

Learn how to prioritize strategic initiatives with this simple VIP framework

Problem Statement Worksheet: 30 Minute Exercise to Clarity

Sep 30, 2025

Transform vague challenges with our Problem Statement Worksheet. A clear challenge is the foundation for better solutions.

How to Write a Problem Statement: Avoid These Common Mistakes

Sep 30, 2025

Learn how to write a problem statement by mastering mission, goals, feasibility and validation and make it a strategy that gets results

Assumption Testing: A Strategic Framework for Success

Sep 25, 2025

Stop launching major projects and initiatives based on risky guesses. Learn how the Assumption Testing strategic framework helps you validate ideas in 3 phases, build confidence, and ensure project success.

Streamlining Project Initiation: An Essential Checklist

Sep 25, 2025

Stop complex project starts that lead to failure. Learn how streamlining project initiation with a pragmatic mindset and checklist ensures value, simplicity, and feasibility from day one.

Workback Plan Template: A Tool to Prevent the Last-Minute Scramble

Sep 25, 2025

This workback plan template prevents chaos and last-minute scrambles.