Don't Bet Against the Cloud
Amazon and others seem to be shifting away from the cloud to self-hosted, owned hardware in data centers - what's going on?
Cloud 1
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Leadership 1
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Avoiding the Contributor Trap
Your ability to get things done has gotten you promoted throughout your career. To keep growing you're going to need to leave that behind and change strategies to avoid the contributor trap
Lean 4
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Focus your team on time to market
See how going all-in on shipping features fast is an under-used super power that boosts revenue and drives growth for your business.
Minimizing waste in your SaaS Product
See how Lean principles can deliver more for your customers and make your team happier too by building on the practices you're already adopting.
Using Lean Value to Make Great Product Decisions
Focusing your product team on customer value creates winning products faster. Here's how to get started.
Lean and the contemporary tech company
Explore the transformative potential of Lean for your SaaS and learn how to maximize customer value, eliminate waste, and implement continuous improvement strategies to fuel your success.
Management 8
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Is your Company a Rocket, Jet, or Glider?
Being clear on your trajectory - with yourself, your investors, and your team - determines what advice matters most. What works great with one is at best counter-productive and possibly disastrous with another. You’re a Rocket Your top priority...
Who's your biggest competition? For Sonos, it's headphones.
I’ve noticed that my house is a lot quieter this fall. It’s not just that the kids are back in school; it took me a bit to realize that I’m not hearing music anymore. We have Sonos speakers all over the house. Over the past decade, they’ve slowly...
You Can't Afford to Avoid This
Instead of focusing on preventing a problem from ever happening again, recognize when it's a reasonable risk you're running so you can succeed.
Don't Bet Against the Cloud
Amazon and others seem to be shifting away from the cloud to self-hosted, owned hardware in data centers - what's going on?
Focus your team on time to market
See how going all-in on shipping features fast is an under-used super power that boosts revenue and drives growth for your business.
Minimizing waste in your SaaS Product
See how Lean principles can deliver more for your customers and make your team happier too by building on the practices you're already adopting.
Using Lean Value to Make Great Product Decisions
Focusing your product team on customer value creates winning products faster. Here's how to get started.
Lean and the contemporary tech company
Explore the transformative potential of Lean for your SaaS and learn how to maximize customer value, eliminate waste, and implement continuous improvement strategies to fuel your success.
Onboarding 1
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Pepsi Challenge Products
Your product is attractive and inviting, but will users stay around long enough to drink the whole can?
Product Management 1
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Picking Ideas that Win
When your team has a new product idea, how do you decide if it's worth pursuing? You already know the tropes about ideas being worthless and execution priceless, and that focus wins. So, when do you take on something new?
Products 7
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Who's your biggest competition? For Sonos, it's headphones.
I’ve noticed that my house is a lot quieter this fall. It’s not just that the kids are back in school; it took me a bit to realize that I’m not hearing music anymore. We have Sonos speakers all over the house. Over the past decade, they’ve slowly...
Principles, Strategies, and Tactics
Know when to let best practices and good ideas go by understanding the difference between principles, strategies, and tactics.
Focus your team on time to market
See how going all-in on shipping features fast is an under-used super power that boosts revenue and drives growth for your business.
Minimizing waste in your SaaS Product
See how Lean principles can deliver more for your customers and make your team happier too by building on the practices you're already adopting.
Using Lean Value to Make Great Product Decisions
Focusing your product team on customer value creates winning products faster. Here's how to get started.
Lean and the contemporary tech company
Explore the transformative potential of Lean for your SaaS and learn how to maximize customer value, eliminate waste, and implement continuous improvement strategies to fuel your success.
Pepsi Challenge Products
Your product is attractive and inviting, but will users stay around long enough to drink the whole can?
Strategy 3
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Is your Company a Rocket, Jet, or Glider?
Being clear on your trajectory - with yourself, your investors, and your team - determines what advice matters most. What works great with one is at best counter-productive and possibly disastrous with another. You’re a Rocket Your top priority...
Picking Ideas that Win
When your team has a new product idea, how do you decide if it's worth pursuing? You already know the tropes about ideas being worthless and execution priceless, and that focus wins. So, when do you take on something new?
Principles, Strategies, and Tactics
Know when to let best practices and good ideas go by understanding the difference between principles, strategies, and tactics.
leadership 1
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Effort doesn't equal Value
We naturally assume anything that's difficult must be worth it - but it turns out how much others value what we've accomplished is independent of how hard it was to achieve.
strategy 1
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Effort doesn't equal Value
We naturally assume anything that's difficult must be worth it - but it turns out how much others value what we've accomplished is independent of how hard it was to achieve.