Startups
Conventional wisdom tells founders it’s better to be a small fish in an ocean as opposed to a big fish in a tiny pond. For me, the thought of starting a new business when well-funded competition existed was daunting. Recently, I’ve changed my mind on this. Let’s
Startups
I can’t say for sure whether it was late 2012 or early 2013 but around that time I probably wrote my first, very scrappy, lines of code. Back then it didn’t dawn on me that I was about to embark on a career path that would open up
Startups
I’ve always loathed working on tasks that don’t create actual value for anyone, such as preparing read decks for potential investors. You know that nobody really takes their time to read what you spent days of your life working on, but traditional institutions and government programs with a
Product Development
When you’re building your first product, you need something going for it. Especially if you’re not solving a completely unsolved problem (read: customers would accept anything, no matter the lack of polish), you need to offer an experience that beats the existing solution. You may remember me writing
Startups
When I think about “successful” companies in the SaaS space, there is a group that quickly comes to mind. Irrespective of revenue numbers, or knowledge about internal processes, some teams keep on delivering and people notice. In the following, I’ll go over some products I’ve been using and
Evergreen
Compensation of employees can take many forms: Usually, salaries form the basis, with additional benefits added on top. For startups with less liquidity at hand or companies searching for ways to incentivize employees taking ownership and staying for the long term to build and grow the business, there are alternative