
Growth hacking is bullshit
Step 1: Build a product. Step 2: Release a product. Step 3: Growth Hack your way to success. It all smells too strongly of a “get rich...

Why happiness at work really matters
Are you happy at work? Are the people you work with happy? Should you even care as long as the job is getting done? It turns out you...

On magical software…
Software is most impressive when it gives you things for free. When just a simple few taps or clicks delivers instant value you’re in...

How Baremetrics went from $0 to $14,000 per month
Eight days. That’s how long it took Josh Pigford to build and launch the foundation of what, in six months, has turned in to a...

Where does your product suck? Where does it matter?
A product roadmap is built out of hard decisions. The bugs you must fix will fight with the features you must finish, the features your...

7 things I wish every search box did
It’s hard to imagine a product without search, yet it’s rare to see a product that does it well. It’s one thing to say “let’s have...

How a Silicon Valley Outsider Raised $30m in 30 Months
I’m excited to announce today that we’ve raised a Series B round of $23M. It was led by Bessemer, investors in iconic tech companies like...

Iterative Improvement Is No Substitute For Creativity
With so many tools to measure, experiment, and quickly iterate through the designs of cloud software products, it’s tempting to fly by...

Social Media Checklist For New Websites & Businesses
As a startup company or small business, it is no longer an option to ignore social media as a means of communication, promotion and...

Social Media Checklist For New Websites & Businesses
As a startup company or small business, it is no longer an option to ignore social media as a means of communication, promotion and...

The right type of revenue
Don’t confuse consulting revenue, one-time deals, or charity donations with actual recurring monthly product revenue. They’re very...

How to launch with a validated idea
Product market fit means being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market. Getting there is the hardest challenge your...

An Interview with Andy Budd
We talked to Andy Budd about the role of design in startups, the difference between designers and stylists, and the danger of chasing...

Product strategy means saying no
If you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying no. Not “maybe” or “later”. The only word is no. Building a great product...

There are no small changes
“We want to limit the length of a review in the product to 140 characters, because we may want to use SMS at some stage. That’s a small...

One more baby step
We’ve raised a $6MM Series A from The Social+Capital Partnership. These guys are not your average VCs. Mamoon Hamid has joined the board...

Why being first doesn’t matter
Any startup founder knows the pressure of launching first. The belief is that if your competitor beats you to market, untold riches await...

4 pricing principles to never forget
Most businesses are eventually faced with the key question: How much should we charge? There’s no one true answer. There are no gurus....

What everyone needs to know about disruption
Every start-up from every incubator claims to be disruptive nowadays, but the claim always falls apart under any close examination....
























