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Robots and Bicycles
Robots automate. Bicycles accelerate. Which best describes your market offering? In conventional economic wisdom, the role of technology is to enhance…
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Go Smaller
Do less of everything.
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Time To Magic
My friend Jerry Harrison introduced me to the phrase “time to magic” as the critical signal for onboarding.
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Lessons from Winning Five Hackathons
Participating in online hackathons has phenomenal training for shipping products.
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The Fifth Source of Capital
"Equity, debt, revenue and sweat"
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The Evolving No-Code Mental Model
How should we think about no-code?
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On Commitment
Can your client trust you to stick around?
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Live Co-Working: Six Keys to Success
Since 2020 many of us have started remote working and figuring out what works.
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The Trust-Building Memo
Jumping to conclusions is a great way to clear a cliff.
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How Interest Rates Affect MRR
We all hear, "get MRR." MRR is Monthly Recurring Revenue - the money we are paid regularly by our customers, so they continue to receive value from our…
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Who Is A Venture Capitalist's Customer?
So often, the customers of a company can explain the behavior of the company itself.
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Three Lessons on Early Customers
Your early customers do not look like your late customers.
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