It’s been widely accepted that a product should not be built in a bubble where feedback isn’t being collected from target users along the way. What’s not always focused on enough, however, is the pursuit of negative feedback, which is incredibly valuable when trying to address the needs of a market. People naturally say pleasantries read more
Tips for Entrepreneurs: Getting out of jury duty
January 12, 2011 – 2:10 AM
If you’re working on an early stage startup, tell the court that you have a business that’s not making money, that’s not paying you, that requires you to work 12-16 hours per day in order to have a chance to some day make money, and that working 8 hours less per day during jury duty read more
The work-life balance
December 26, 2010 – 12:42 AM
At this time of year, I can’t help but think back to when I had “a regular job” (as some members of my family like to remind me of), and how I would look forward to the holiday season when others around me would be slowing down a bit as they approached days off, and read more
Everyone should be an engineer
December 8, 2010 – 12:00 AM
Okay, that’s a little bit of wishful thinking, so how about we say that more non-engineers should be tech savvy? If you’re business and can’t talk tech, can you really expect a technologist to work with you on your startup? It’s hard enough for a business person to recruit a good engineer to build their read more