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Thoughts on the Bus Problem
(photo by https://unsplash.com/photos/HOtPD7Z_74s) What’s the most important thing you do at work? Most of us, when asked “how do you create job security”, default to explaining a way of interacting...
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When you get a chance to go back to a great team, jump at the opportunity!
courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/hernanpc Have you ever been on a great team? I mean the kind of team that people and alumni talk about years later. I’m talking about a team that produces...
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The Minimum Viable Feature
You’ve been there. A customer asks for a thing they consider to be an easy ask and it’s not in the current product. It might actually be easy or it might be quite hard – you don’t know yet (and you...
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Turn Off Your Lizard Brain
Seth Godin – “Quieting the Lizard Brain” Seth Godin “You don’t need to be more creative – you need a quieter lizard brain” –Seth Godin Your brain is not your friend. At any moment now you might...
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You are competing for attention
photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/35429044@N04/ The average person can hold between five to seven items in working memory. You are probably using a couple of those items already. The takeaway –...
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Stop what you are doing and remove half of your product
I love words. Probably too much. I love words so much that often use too many words when only a few are needed. It’s not because I want you to know about all the words. It’s that I want you to...
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How to Make Your Own Explainer Videos (for under $149)
Creating an Effective Explainer Video A prospective customer may have only 30 to 60 seconds to understand your Unique Selling Proposition. When you’re not right there with the customer, one of the...
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Why every app needs a “mark all as read” function
Every app and every web site has notifications. Whether they are push notifications, email notifications, phone call notifications, voice mail notifications, in-app notifications, or smoke signals, you...
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How to Hire an Awesome Community Manager for your Startup
photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/evilerin/3152173431 Who will be successful as a community manager? I love coming across new community managers who say, “I guess I’ve been doing this my whole...
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5 Steps to Surviving and Thriving in Startup Life
Photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadicentrepreneur/ On Climbing the Startup Mountain Life in a startup is a non-stop business. Whether you are aware of it or not, your work-life balance...
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Entrepreneurship Starts with Asking Someone to Buy
Remember to ask for the sale. You’ve probably heard these words of advice many times – whether in the context of a prospective deal, a request for a favor, or in an interview prep – and the first time...
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Turn Off Your Lizard Brain
Seth Godin – “Quieting the Lizard Brain” Seth Godin “You don’t need to be more creative – you need a quieter lizard brain” –Seth Godin Your brain is not your friend. At any moment now you might...
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You are competing for attention
photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/35429044@N04/ The average person can hold between five to seven items in working memory. You are probably using a couple of those items already. The takeaway –...
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Duct tape and baling twine are essential tools for your startup
photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhian/ Think Like MacGyver Using duct tape and baling twine, you can build almost anything you need. It won’t be pretty, and it’s a good metaphor for finding a way...
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Stop what you are doing and remove half of your product
I love words. Probably too much. I love words so much that often use too many words when only a few are needed. It’s not because I want you to know about all the words. It’s that I want you to...
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Now, generate 100 ideas
When I was in drawing class in college, my professor asked us to make 100 drawings. “Why would we want to make throwaway drawings?” we asked. The answer he gave stuck with me: “because you don’t know...
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The next product wave will be invisible
This might seem strange, but in my experience some of the best products I depend on are invisible. What do I mean by invisible? I mean that I give then access to information and they provide value with...
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The magic in products is knowing what to leave in
photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesrbowe/ Reading Mark Suster’s excellent post on product design left me with this thought – what if more products were literally designed by the customer? As a...
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Make your commute into “go time”
photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/bottleleaf/ This essay is a contribution to the Startup Edition essay project. See other essays here. At 7:30 every morning, where are you? Are you in traffic, or...
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If you love customers, set them free
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