finance How to raise money by selling NFT's of paperclips and bananas In the last decade of tech blogging there's everything else that has been written, and then there is what Chris Dixon has written. I can't think of another person who
startups If You Were Starting from Scratch Today... Note: Today's post is a bit of a ramble that I wrote in pieces as I got a free 10 minutes throughout the day. I could have sent it to
product PM Software and Minimum Viable Process I'm in the early days co-founding a new company and I've been very focused on early process, culture, and how things get built. While exciting at first over the years,
tech All of a sudden, Twitter is Doing Many Things As someone who built a product that started off on Twitter, I follow what they do quite closely. Often times at Stocktwits we would see our roadmaps be eerily similar
game design GameStop and Bartle Player Types I've written in the past that I'm very interested in Game Design as a lens for Product Design and a trend we will see really catch on in the coming
product What I've Learned so far in Product and Management Vol 2 Over the past year I've reflected a bunch on what I've learned, mistakes I've made, and slowly put together a long list of thoughts that I'm going to blog about
product An Ode to No Code One of the tech trends that excite me the most is No Code platforms, which allow those with little to no programming expertise to build applications. Perhaps the best example
product The Next Wave of Consumer Social Apps and Related Miscellany A theme I've seen people getting behind is the idea that 2020 was the start of a new trend in social apps. As someone who spent most of his career
game design Build the Toy First Last week I wrote about how most teams build really bad MVP's. One alternative to Minimum Viable Product, I've heard mentioned by some people is Minimum Delightful Product. I don't
management What I've Learned So Far in Product and Management (Vol. 1) Taking a break during the pandemic gave me plenty of time to clear my head and reflect. Over the past 9 months, I put together a running list of thoughts
life Spotify is Other Music delivered at Scale I love music and I'm a heavy user of Spotify. Like many others, I really enjoy their annual "Wrapped" feature where they produce a personalized summary of my year using
product Analog and Digital Junk Drawers and the Beauty of Roam Research Today I was straightening up the kitchen, and noticed that a bunch of random stuff was accumulating on top of a bench by the window. I was trying to figure
life Attention to Detail Shock I played varsity golf in high school and a little bit of club golf at college, but haven't played competitive golf since - nearly 20 years. In fact I haven't
finance The Stock Market Game As I've been furnishing my home office, I've been picking out cool stuff to hang on the walls. One item I came across is this patent from 1950 for a