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Here are the traditional latest news and posts, if you are just checking in after a while:
Why over 40% of startups (still) build products nobody wants
For years, I have struggled to articulate exactly why experiments are so valuable, despite my enthusiastically foisting them on unsuspecting founders. The scientific process makes a lot of sense in an academic research context. But…
Why the Launch Tomorrow process actually works
Vinay did a great job pushing me for details with a healthy skepticism to what I was saying. This dynamic turned or conversation into a good interview, highlighting on the ins and outs of the…
Kinda Disproved: the myth of the startup garage
Founders need to be young college dropouts with big ideas working in a garage to make it. What do the numbers say?
How to balance working on growth with searching for product-market fit
Here’s Marc Andreesen’s take in the original article which coined the term “product-market fit”: The only thing that matters is getting to product/market fit.Product/market fit means being in a good market with a product that…
Why Covid-19 numerical models overlook the reality families face
Overnight we were all thrown into a dystopian science fiction novel. Aiming for self-quarantine makes numerical sense for individuals, but more nuanced and harder to implement across real-world family lines. We aren’t all network nodes….
How to know if your company’s agile transformation is working
The actual results of agile are significantly below what is promised. Most companies (often including vendors) applying agile focus on process, because that’s how they think they’ll get efficiency gains. But they miss key subtle…
The Kindergarten, the Construction site, and the Assembly Line
Culture follows structure. And structure depends on your metaphor for doing the work.
Disproved: Most successful products are launched exactly the way they are envisioned
Vision drives new products. But too much vision can kill them. Where is the line? And what really happens in high-growth startups?
How to identify your riskiest assumption
Great founders manage risk better than anyone else who tries. Here are 9 different ways to try surfacing your startup’s existential “company killer” risks, before you get lost in the nitty gritties.
Why over-focussing on velocity causes the opposite effect
If velocity is a lagging metric, what actually affects it in the first place?
Why new tech products usually stumble, and how to prevent it at your company
Your ability to deliver as a company depends on what you’re incentivized to optimize.
Why your riskiest assumption is a great place to start with any new product or idea
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.” This is a model for building unicorns.
6 traps when choosing operational metrics for software or digital teams
Digital work is hard to quantify. Here’s what I’ve picked up through the years, when agreeing to project, product, and delivery metrics for software teams.
The 2020 Guide to Planning New Products using Story Points
Highly accurate estimates are critical under conditions of high uncertainty. Here’s how to get a real-world grip on them.
4 approaches to track your assumptions, when starting to work on a new business idea
Not all assumptions have an equal impact on your new venture. Here’s how to explore this space in greater depth.
How to choose a useful measure of incremental progress for your team
Velocity this. Velocity that. Ultimately, if you want a quantiative early warning system, you need to have good metrics. And know how to use them.
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