I had a lot of feedback from you, my beloved readers, on my “What Are You?” post from a week or so ago. Some of the most asked questions were: Can a two be a one and visa versa? What does it look like to be successful as a two? Can a Two be a […]

“I’ve got a kick-butt startup that’s going to be huge. I just need someone to help me build it!” As a founder, you’ve lived with your idea long enough that you know, just know that others will beat a path to your door to join the team. Right? Wrong. Let’s go through a typical conversation: […]

I was in a meeting last week with a very successful investor / entrepreneur last week, and we were talking about the difference between ones and twos. Ones are people who start new things. They have vision, conviction, and see the world as it ought to be, and then won’t stop until they make it so. […]

Each month I’m going to provide a list of resources (podcasts, talks, blog posts, books, music etc.) that I consider to be must-haves. There’s no doubt that you’ll see recurring themes or resources throughout these posts. I publish my Must-Haves on the closest Tuesday or Friday to the 15th of every month. Check out August, July, June […]

We’ve been writing on the topic of eliminating the waste in product development for close to a year now. It’s been incredibly rewarding to hear stories from you about how the topics we cover here on a regular basis have made a difference in your business. Here’s a few snippets from readers who’ve been generous […]

Photo courtesy of Griffin Keller This post originally appeared on Medium. I wanted to share it here on my blog as well because I think it’s important that we understand the huge shifts happening in software creation which will affect all of the readers of this blog, particularly those who are not developers. It’s a […]

What problem are you facing right now in your business that has got you completely stumped? When you’re in the middle of building your company, it’s so easy to let days and even weeks go past grinding away on a problem that you believe YOU have to solve. After all, you’re the CEO or co-founder. […]

Over the last couple of years I’ve worked through two different compliance projects, one for HIPAA and one for defense department clearance. In each case, as the company was preparing for the upcoming audits they had to prepare a risk assessment. This is something that most small technology companies never think about, but can be incredibly […]

A while ago I wrote about the scenario where your app crashes. If you live long enough, this will happen to you. It’s almost a guarantee. If it can happen to Google Drive, like it did a few weeks ago, it can and will happen to you. In that previous post, there was brief mention […]