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The Marshmallow Challenge
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A consultant's group created a team-building exercise called The Marshmallow Challenge that aims to teach engineers and designers the value of prototyping and how they should avoid being perfectionists. The challenge involves building a structure using marshmallows, sticks, tape, and a string, and the objective is to win the challenge by having the tallest structure that can hold the marshmallow without it falling.

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Teams are given simple materials to try and create the tallest structure with a marshmallow on top in the Marshmallow Challenge, yet most groups fail due to lack of communication and planning.
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Teamwork
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Teams are given simple materials to try and create the tallest structure with a marshmallow on top in the Marshmallow Challenge, yet most groups fail due to lack of communication and planning.

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The Marshmallow Challenge
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The "Marshmallow Test" can help startups identify flaws in their products before launching, allowing engineers and designers to avoid perfectionism and increase real-world testing to ensure better functionality.
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Startups
Summary

The "Marshmallow Test" can help startups identify flaws in their products before launching, allowing engineers and designers to avoid perfectionism and increase real-world testing to ensure better functionality.

Chapter
The Marshmallow Challenge
Episode
Billion Dollar Business Philosophies With Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah
Podcast
My First Million