The Optimizing for Happiness Business Plan
Every startup begins life with infinite choices, and there never seems to be enough information when we need to make a decision . To deal with this we pick up a compass to help make sense of things. Some compasses are big…
10 Successful Solo Startup Founders
There is a continuing debate in the entrepreneurship community about whether a single founder can start a successful company. The most common arguments against flying solo include: It’s harder to get funding Starting a company is an emotional roller-coaster which…
The Optimizing for Happiness Business Plan
There are a couple of things that most of us have in common in the week between Christmas and New Years: We spend time with family We eat a lot of leftovers We create our New Years resolution list We…
The Magic of Last Impressions
This weekend I went to a corporate holiday party on the Odyssey, a large party boat that circles the Potomac in D.C.. I enjoyed hanging out with an energetic, geeky group – but didn’t enjoy the twenty+ minute wait at…
Creating Value by Exposing the Creative Process
Every Christmas my family finds a couple of pieces of art on my wish list. They’re usually small prints from independent artists that can be easily purchased online. It can be difficult to find affordable art – but fortunately, there…
Build Something New Everyday
As I’ve mentioned before, my favorite part of a project is the beginning, with all the optimism that the product will be fast, intuitive, and make the user awesome at doing the task at hand. In other words, perfect. Unfortunately,…
Content that Matters: Privacy Policies and Terms of Service
The words “clear” and “understandable” are rarely attributed to legal documents. Which is a shame, because for a software company, the privacy policy and the terms of service are the most important legal structures that bind you and your users….
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