So You Want to Build an App, Revisited: What Changed and What Didn’t
In 2015, I wrote “So you want to build an App..” because a few times a month someone asked me…
Tag: startups
How SaaS Startups Can Scale Accounting Without Slowing Development
SaaS startups live and die by their ability to iterate. Every feature launch, bug fix, or product tweak hinges on…
Finding out what Matters to your Customers
While I’ve flipped between Product Manager and Product Marketer for the past decade, I’ve also had the chance to work…
Developer Relations: A Painful Reckoning
The last four years have been brutal for developer relations. Obviously, covid sent everyone home and canceled conferences, meetups, and…
Website Or Shopify?
In my “Startups Suck” post, I alluded to the excitement of being ready to sell. You finally come up with a…
My Startup is Broken
Whenever I advise (or join!) a startup, one of the first conversations goes something like this: “Oh man. Everything here…
How Unprofitable Companies IPO
Disclaimer: In this post, I describe business models of tech companies where I hold positions. Don’t use this to draw…
Let’s be honest. Startups suck.
Every day, you put yourself and your ideas out there and get shot down. If you’re bad at it, you…
That Conference Panel on Entrepreneurship
Late last summer, I participated in a panel discussion at my favorite conference of the year: That Conference. Wait, which…
On Job Titles at Startups
I’ve worked for organizations of every size, from being employee #1 to starting at #25 to a massive US federal…