A Tesla Stock Story: How Founders can build Trust
From $17 to $263 without a profitable product In 2010, Tesla stock was worth $17. Even though Tesla did not […]
Fail to your first 10 users
“Fail to learn” has been a famous motto encouraging founders to push through rapid product iteration. I don’t know any […]
Designed in California, Assembled Remotely
Electronic products can be designed in one place and manufactured in another. Software products are a different story. The design […]
My user experience is bad
Give your users too many options. Hide the most important ones. Make them do as many clicks as possible to […]
User exit
Users logging out or deleting their accounts are usually the last thing startups worry about. It is hard enough to […]
Focus on writing
One of the things I like about writing is you can ship something faster. I’ve never seen a one-line of […]
Don’t break your app
Your product must undergo major surgery sometimes. A refreshed UI or a new big feature touching critical parts of your […]
My users don’t need my app
To me, the magic phrase is “I need that.” Even better, if I hear “that’s exactly what I needed” music […]
In the world of a developer, we find only developer’s things
Back when I was studying psychology, it was eye-opening the quote from Ernst Cassirer from “An Essay on Man: An […]
The most effective 4 MVP variables
I don’t recall exactly where I learned this, but I know I’ve been using them successfully on many startups. Each […]