Does your app / product need to support multiple languages? Do you need to support things like bi-directional text (right to left and left to right) or non-western characters such as Chinese? Before you answer that, stop and think. If you’re a US-centric product, your first instinct is probably no. Everyone speaks English, right? Wrong. […]

When you’re hiring those key early team members, it’s critical to communicate the level of commitment required to be a part of your team. The best companies are able to find people who: Care deeply about the problem the company’s solving Are willing to work for less than market Are willing to prove themselves before […]

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 July, June […]

I interviewed Brian Dally of Groundfloor on my podcast a few shows back and there was one moment in the show that jumped out at me. Here’s the quote from Brian: “I think the moment that most people have to get to… I think it’s a really hard moment…You have to decide as co-founders to […]

If you are not a developer and don’t have the background required to build the product or manage the process, then you should have a technical advisor on your team. What’s A Technical Advisor Do? There’s a few basic things that you want your advisor to help you with: Assist with the hiring process, particularly […]

There are two ways that information and requests get processed in your product: Synchronous and asynchronous. Let’s explore what each of these terms means in real life, and the pluses and minuses of each approach. When we’re done, you’ll be able to talk with your developers about each of these methods and understand more fully […]