Posts tagged "Startups"

• Product Academy Presentation

  Posted on June 21, 2024

  I really enjoyed my recent talk at Turnberry Solutions’ Product Academy. I always enjoy hearing stories and learning lessons from product-minded folks across different industries. Despite the variety of roles... [Read More]

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  • cto
  • startups

• Orwell's Rules for Writing (Software)

  All code is equal, but some code is more equal than others.

  Posted on February 26, 2021

  I’m in the middle of reading Churchill and Orwell: A Fight for Freedom and so far really enjoying the parallels drawn between two of history’s most important figures. Both had... [Read More]

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  • cto
  • startups
  • software
  • scala

• Hire Joel Embiid

  Why early-stage startups should Trust The Process

  Posted on January 15, 2021

  Startups are a team sport. The players you choose to work with have such an outsized impact on the team (for good or ill) that you really have to have... [Read More]

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  • cto
  • startups
  • leadership

• What is a CTO?

  Posted on September 1, 2020

  I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what a CTO is. It’s important to really think through this role as it can have such a huge impact on companies... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • cto
  • startups
  • leadership

• Shape Up or Ship Out!

  Reflections on humane software development

  Posted on July 29, 2020

  Have you worked on a software team that consistently shipped high-quality work on-time? I’ve seen companies large and small have plenty of difficult delivering software. Either things break in production,... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • cto
  • startups
  • leadership

• The Real Secret of Monkey Island - Innovation

  Adventure and puzzling on the high seas

  Posted on February 10, 2016

  One of my favorite games growing up was the Monkey Island series by LucasArts, a swashbuckling, point-and-click adventure game full of challenging puzzles, funny witticisms, and (of course) monkeys. I... [Read More]

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  • innovation
  • tolkien
  • startups
  • creativity