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2023

More posts and long-form are over hereoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2023

2022

Who’s lying?original ↗
26 Feb 2022

2019

What’s The Important Thing, that is powerful enough to override all your deficiencies?original ↗
4 Nov 2019
Capturing Luck with “or” instead of “and”original ↗
8 Oct 2019
Kung Fuoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2019

2018

When “fits and starts” is the most efficient pathoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2018
A Scorecard: Should a decision be fast, or slow?original ↗
5 Sept 2018
How repositioning a product allows you to 8x its priceoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2018
WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lakeoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2018

2017

Brittleness comes from “One Thing”original ↗
7 Nov 2017
You can have two Big Things, but not threeoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2017
The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startupsoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2017
Strategic Activities for a Company Retreatoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2017
Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don’toriginal ↗
29 Aug 2017
I hate MVPs. So do your customers. Make it SLC instead.original ↗
22 Aug 2017
Should you invent a new UX?original ↗
31 Jul 2017
Finding the right adviceoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2017
Satisficing vs Maximizingoriginal ↗
30 May 2017
Not sure?original ↗
16 May 2017
Avoiding the trap of low-knowledge, high-confidence theoriesoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2017
The wrong question: Is now the right time to start a company?original ↗
11 Apr 2017
Why large companies acquire small companiesoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2017
Look what we didoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2017

2016

Building in public forces true competitive advantageoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2016
Laws of 10x found everywhere. For good reason?original ↗
14 Dec 2016
Worrying is self-fulfilling; what to do insteadoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2016
How to simplify complex decisions by cleaving the factsoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2016
The optimistic case for IoT security standardsoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2016
What if there isn’t another 10x?original ↗
18 Oct 2016
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metricoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2016
7 things a large stinkbug on the back porch can teach startup foundersoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2016
Should this startup exist? Converting 5W’s into existential justificationoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2016
How to measure the accuracy of forecastsoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2016
Invention is Drudgeryoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2016
Darwinian company growth doesn’t always select the best companiesoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2016

2015

Your non-linear problem of 90% utilizationoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2015
How do I figure out who my next important hire should be?original ↗
13 Oct 2015
Refutation: An acquisition is always a failureoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2015
Balance is weak. Tension is strong.original ↗
1 Sept 2015
Why it’s nice to compete against a large, profitable companyoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2015
Zero-sum marketing channels: Good or bad for a startup to pursue?original ↗
4 Aug 2015
On the value of Judgementoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2015
Scaling by “delegation” isn’t good enoughoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2015
Fermi estimation for startup business modelsoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2015

2014

New Year’s Questions (neé Resolutions)original ↗
27 Dec 2014
The wrongness of relativismoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2014
For marketing early startups: Deep, not wideoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2014
The Lindy Effect on startup potentialoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2014
The hidden benefits of Uniform Cultureoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2014
Pricing determines your businessoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2014
Stubborn Visionaries & Pigheaded Foolsoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2014
You’re a company when…original ↗
14 Oct 2014
In its emptiness, there is the function of a startuporiginal ↗
12 Aug 2014
The only way to guarantee startup successoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2014
No, *I’ll* tell you the answer!original ↗
8 Jul 2014
Why startup biz dev deals almost never get doneoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2014
The public invisibility of running mid-stage successful companiesoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2014
Smart Bear Live 8: Edwin from MeetingKing.comoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2014
Come visit @asmartbear and the @wpengine gang at SxSW in our new office space!original ↗
6 Mar 2014
Raising money & selling companies at the end of the yearoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2014
Visualizing the Interactions Between CAC, Churn and LTVoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2014
LARGE x RARE == DIFFERENT: Why scaling companies is harder than it looksoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2014
More money if you do, more money if you don’toriginal ↗
7 Jan 2014

2013

Stop chopping yourself to piecesoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2013
Ho Rudolphoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2013
The Code is your Enemyoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2013
Imbalanced Peopleoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2013
A programmer commiserates with journalistsoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2013
Why I don’t like the LTV metricoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2013
SSEBITDA – A steady-state profit metric for SaaS companiesoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2013
Sandy Visionsoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2013
The mistake of 1/c in LTV calculationsoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2013
COC: A new metric for thinking about cancellations in SaaS business modelsoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2013
The unprofitable SaaS business model traporiginal ↗
23 Jul 2013
Escorts, Startups, and the questionable promise of being your own bossoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2013
How is it even *my* company anymore if “the market” tells me what to do?original ↗
4 Jun 2013
An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in salesoriginal ↗
21 May 2013
Solving the Low-Budget Online Marketing Dilemmaoriginal ↗
14 May 2013
Bootstrapped CPC rule of thumb: ARPU/25original ↗
29 Apr 2013
Reframing the problems with “Freemium” by charging the marketing departmentoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2013
The *real* pivotoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2013
Startup identity & the sadness of a successful exitoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2013
“Because that’s the way it’s done” — should a founder listen?original ↗
19 Feb 2013
How do you tell a non-technical person that they can’t understand?original ↗
12 Feb 2013
Better for whom?original ↗
5 Feb 2013
A compass is not a maporiginal ↗
29 Jan 2013
Austin in San Franciscooriginal ↗
15 Jan 2013
My simple ways to be a happier, smarter 30-somethingoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2013

2012

Entrepreneurial Re-entry — Businesses for Momsoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2012
How to get attention from internet celebritiesoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2012
But I know that he knows that I knoworiginal ↗
27 Nov 2012
Teeny bit of traction — what next?original ↗
13 Nov 2012
The rise of the “successful” unsustainable companyoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2012
Why “saving money” and “ROI” are probably the wrong way to sell your productoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2012
“Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategiesoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2012
Roulette, Startups, and the paradox of the infinite bankrolloriginal ↗
11 Sept 2012
Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptorsoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2012
How do I raise prices?original ↗
28 Aug 2012
Business of Software – Past two videos, and why you should come in Octoberoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2012
Smart Bear Live 6: Jared from Padseeker.comoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2012
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