A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Doing a startup was a long journey and I was putting myself under so much pressure by giving such a f*ck about what other people think. Day by day, I was getting lonelier and more depressive as I avoided social occasions. My startup progress was not as fast as my social circle imagined it to …
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Intercom’s Des Traynor at Business of Software Conference 2013, Boston, MA talking about why Product strategy is mostly about saying no. Funny, thought provoking and actionable.
Don’t agree wholeheartedly with the flexible hours (you need some time where the whole team is together), but do agree with the unlimited paid time off policy. I for one have a job with flexible/concentrated hours which result in a 1.5 days “not behind the desk” where I can plan my time in a manner …
So how do you calculate your hourly rate? That’s easy, it’s the salary you want to make, divided by 52 weeks a year, divided by 40 hours a week. Simple! Right, right?! It’s a tad more complex than you might thing at first: Next to showing one how to calculate the minimum rate, it also …
Starting + Sustaining will help you plan, launch, and run your own web application with less pain and fewer mistakes. By Garret Dimon of Sifter. If you like the aforementioned Bootstrapping a Software Product presentation you’ll love the book. Starting + Sustaining: A book and spreadsheet to help you launch and maintain a web application …
Josh Williams, one of the founders of Gowalla, looking back at when Gowalla launched and needed to compete with Foursquare While we were busy playing tug-of-war over check-ins, someone else found a path to the goal with less friction. And no, that “someone else” isn’t Foursquare … Play by your own rules →
To anyone running a company: check the slides below. Now. (via Klaas)
(start in the middle)
Don’t get screwed over →
Sometimes, after I speak at a tech conference, someone will come up to me and say: “Hey! You should check out my new startup.” They give me the elevator pitch, then they ask: “What do you think?” They’re beaming. They’re enthusiastic. And there is no polite way to say: “Statistically speaking, you’d be doomed to …