Category Archives: General

There will be times when you have to make a key technical decision about your product and the right answer is not known. It might be that you're deciding between...

I heard this brilliant gem through the grapevine and wanted to share it with you. (HT to Mike at First for passing it along) When you're building a technology company,...

What's the difference between the product roadmap and the development calendar? It's not uncommon to think that they are the same, especially if this is your first technology project. However,...

Inevitably when you're building a technology product, you're going to have a run-in with your development team where they defiantly tell you "Um, that's not possible!" Developers are generally a...

When was the last time your developers spent time in front of your customers? If you're like most of the business owners I work with, you probably think that the...

Take the next few minutes and watch this video from Victor Saad. I'm putting everything I know about building great technology products on this site for free. I have no...

You've built the first version of your product, or perhaps an early prototype. You've shown it to your prospects. You're confident you know the product you need to go build....

On this Christmas day, 2015, I wanted to share with you a few wise gifts of my own, in keeping with the spirit of the day. Gold For the soul....

How ludicrous would it be if I started a restaurant but didn't understand how to create recipes that people love or how to create an atmosphere where people liked to hang...

A few articles ago, we talked about the economics of hiring a US-based contract software development shop and how to find contractors to help you build your product. As we talked...

A build is a central component of every software project. The term "build" means different things, depending on what programming language you're using, but generally when developers talk about a...

This is the second in a series of articles on hiring and working with software contractors. In the first article, we talked about the economics of contract software development. In this article we're...

One of the hardest decisions a leader has to make when building a product is to evaluate all of the options of how it should be built and make the...

"All I Do is Win Win Win, No Matter What What What" - DJ Khaled At some point in a meeting with your developers, you'll probably hear them talking about...

What's the part of your app that you have to nail? Have you thought about your app this way? I'm not talking about MVPs. This is even more granular than...

Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in the US, and I'm enjoying the holiday with my family. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who reads my posts, follows me...

As you're building your tech product, you're at some point going to have the opportunity to hire contract developers to either augment your current team or perhaps even to be...

If your developer left today and you hired their replacement, could you tell them where all of your source code and other digital assets are? You know, all those things...