November 2009
You don't really need those features... yet. - garry's posterous
I need to remind myself of this sometimes. We are just getting started. There are must-haves and there are nice-to-haves. And the things that are burning in your heart to get into the product may not always fall into must-have.
September 2009
Build Product, Not PowerPoint (Even If You're Non-Technical)
And if you can't code, and you can't get brilliant coders to like and respect you, you probably shouldn't be an entrepreneur. There's no shame in being aware of your own abilities and steering your career accordingly.
August 2009
Departments
Modern startups should only have two departments: the problem team (people in contact with customers and prospective customers, understanding and learning from their needs) and the solutions team (engineers designing and building solutions to those problems).
February 2009
SoCon09 - welcome back to Atlanta | Introspection
Hire the best, fire the rest
Hiring the wrong people cost:
- Time
- Money
- Culture
You'll never say it too much, trust me.