October 2, 2018
The season where we don’t work. We don’t up our game. We don’t do extra training to learn a new skill. We don’t reflect on what did and didn’t work. We don’t think of new ideas and approaches. It’s a sports reference to time off between seasons but it can just as easily be a reference to the work you are doing today.
September 6, 2018
Doing the work that you don’t really want to do but is paramount for you to do so you can focus on what will take you there. In other words: You are not going to get away from all the mundane tasks that go along with your startup when you start out (and there are many). This is a test. The test is whether you are dedicated enough to put in the effort to do an exemplary job on the mundane before you get to the cool stuff.
September 4, 2018
I wrote this presentation a few years ago on how to Build a Great Team but I forgot a critical element to it all. The Glue – you need someone who is the glue on your team. Maybe it’s your Manager or Team Lead or maybe it’s the one that’s setting up Virtual Machines on a daily basis. But whether it’s one person or many or rotates between a few – you need that Glue. That Glue is what holds teams together, keeps them going through the hard times, let’s them shine in the good. If you’re building your team
August 31, 2018
Social Media isn’t really that bad. Post some updates. Take some pictures. Tag some people. Even with the pickiest of personalities, you can do that in under 10 minutes – tops. But, the browsing, the scrolling, the waiting to load, the fetching – that’s where it gets you, that’s where it drags you down and makes you question everything you are doing and the why of it all. That’s why you need a higher data package on your phone, not because you’re “doing” more but because you’re consuming more. This would be a cool statistic – how much time do you
August 29, 2018
Because if it’s not fast, it’s not worthwhile. Because if it’s not fast, the customer won’t buy it. Because if it’s not fast, someone else’s will be. Because if it’s not fast, that means it’s not good. There are so many other ways to measure what you build for someone. Performance is good, but it’s not the only metric. Don’t let your work be evaluated by one metric and make sure everyone knows all the others that are available.
