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Breakthrough Lessons: The future is DESIGNED, not predicted

Pattern Breakers

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Backcasting - The Scientific Method to Start Up Success

Back casting is the opposite of forecasting. While forecasting tries to predict the future based on what's already happened, back casting assumes the future will look radically different from to day. Backcasting helps founders explore risky futures with massive upsides and it lets them do it in a structured way that changes the odds in their favor. Here are three examples, plausible futures, possible futures and preposterous futures.

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