How to find your blind spots
You probably aren't qualified to dissect your own failures because you're the idiot who screwed everything up.
You probably aren't qualified to dissect your own failures because you're the idiot who screwed everything up.
How do you strike a balance between getting customer feedback quickly and shipping something mediocre?
Toddlers provide the perfect environment to learn about human nature because they'll throw stuff at you when you make them mad.
Building software is hard enough: don't make it harder by chasing customers who won't talk to you.
How do you come up with a startup idea that's both ambitious and tractable?
Building software looks a lot like building a house, but selling the two couldn't be more different.you
In order to get investors and other employees on board, it pays to be clear-headed about the exact ways in which you're delusional.
You don't have to fight fair when starting a company: choose a customer base where you already have a leg up.
One engineer's clever trick to make himself a hub of the most interesting people in Chicago.
You should be putting at least as much emphasis on early distribution as early product.
Cryptocurrency may be destroying the planet, but it could also help save it.
Seriously - just do the thing manually until it becomes painful.
If you're going to show up uninvited to someone's inbox, make sure to bring an hors d'oeuvre.
At a certain point in your career, "doing what you're told" goes from being an asset to a liability.
Getting the word out about your startup is hard work: why not skip some of it?
I miss people. :-(
How to get things done when your browser keeps navigating itself to Hacker News.
People naturally tend to blame the most proximal cause of failure, but the reality is usually more complicated.
Allowing engineers on your team to go too long without concrete progress can initiate a vicious cycle.
In secondary markets where employees stay longer, you need to find engineers that learn quickly and can help others do the same.
If you close an issue but not one else notices, does it really make a sound?