Remote Work 8 Aug 2023 · 4 min read Equal Pay or Location Pay? The Remote Work Dilemma I talked to one of my colleagues recently about a very sensitive topic — salaries. He’s moving from a country in the Middle East where the cost of living, and Read more
Communication 7 Aug 2023 · 3 min read The Manager’s Dilemma: Nurturing Trust in an Expanding Company What does a manager do? Manages, that’s pretty straightforward, right? The central question here is: How many meetings should a manager have? At the core of this issue is Read more
Remote Work 6 Aug 2023 · 3 min read Reimagining Remote Work: My Journey from Digital Connection to Real Connection I’ve been working remotely for more than twenty years. Not only that, but I was running remote businesses for the same amount of time. Yeah, I started early. I Read more
Productivity 11 Dec 2019 · 4 min read How To Balance Quick Wins with a Long-Term Strategy We have two distinct areas in our brain. One is responsible for emotions, and the other for rational reasoning. Whenever you have to make a choice between binge-watching Netflix and Read more
Lean 10 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Avoid The Overwhelm Of Validating The Product By Using Design Sprints A design sprint is a framework perfect for helping startups answer business questions. It’s a process that spans five days. In that time, you brainstorm, prototype and test ideas Read more
Lean 9 Dec 2019 · 4 min read How Zappos Built a Product By Faking It OK, it wasn’t really faking it because there was a lot of work involved. It all started in 1999 when Nick Swinmurn, a software engineer from California, couldn’t Read more
Launch 7 Dec 2019 · 4 min read It’s OK to Be Embarrassed by the First Version of Your Product LinkedIn launched its website in May 2003, after about six months after the company was founded, with only the most basic functionality. You could search users, connect with them if Read more
Startups 6 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Two Questions to Ask Yourself When You Have a New SaaS Business Idea Starting a business is hard. Especially when you’re doing it on your own. When you have an idea that you really believe in and you start making it happen, Read more
Customer Development 5 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Yes, Demonstrating Your App with a Demo Is a Good Idea I had a talk with a client recently about a product that he’s launching. He wanted to know my opinion: what approach would be better for the launch? To Read more
Audience 4 Dec 2019 · 4 min read LeverageYour Existing Audience To Have a Successful Launch Have you heard of software engineer and writer Joel Spolsky? He’s one of the people who inspired me back in the day to get into software development. Recently, he’ Read more
MVP 3 Dec 2019 · 3 min read Build An Educational Product as Your MVP Multiple kinds of MVPs exist, and each serves its own purpose. A fake door MVP allows you to test interest with only an ad. A smoke test MVP will provide Read more
Business Models 2 Dec 2019 · 4 min read Six Powerful Business Models of Successful Startups A business model, at the heart of any business, is a strategy for operating a business. It describes how a company will generate value for its customers and takes into Read more
MVP 1 Dec 2019 · 4 min read How Groupon Built an MVP Without Tech and Validated an Idea in a Month In 2010, Groupon, a marketplace that offers its users deals with local merchants, had 700 copycat sites. Do you know the names of any of Groupon’s copycats? I don’ Read more
Productivity 30 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How Instant Gratification Silently Hinders Success I’m 33 years old, and it seems that I’ve just recently learned that I need to work hard today to get results in the future. I was never Read more
Product management 29 Nov 2019 · 4 min read How Can a Startup Benefit from a Product Roadmap? Imagine that one day a friend of yours asks you to organize a major conference for avocado growers. If you’re like me, you’d start with a list of Read more
Marketing 28 Nov 2019 · 4 min read Start With Email Marketing For Your Startup Success How much time do you need to build an MVP for a startup that you can sell for $20 million? As little as 20 minutes. In 2013, Ryan Hoover created Read more
Audience 27 Nov 2019 · 4 min read You Don’t Need to Get on Oprah. Instead, Find Your Smallest Viable Audience How would you like to be offered a spot on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote your product to millions of live viewers? How much would you pay for that? Read more
Team management 26 Nov 2019 · 5 min read Why Your Startup Should Use Google Docs to Collaborate on Documents Documents and collaboration are a huge part of any business, especially a technical startup. In a startup, everything from legal documents to meeting notes and feature descriptions need to be Read more
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