I want to become a better product maker. This ‘Making of’ blog post is a vehicle for that learning. Idea On April 7th, 2015 Casey John Ellis (the founder of Bugcrowd, where I work) pinged me about an idea: The idea required a limited number of features, and a simple design…

Once moving into San Francisco, it becomes apparent that bicycle is the best mode of transportation. With minimal funds, I wanted to find a way to get one. …

From short & long run perspectives — Short run (today — this month): Money > Happiness If I paid you $10,000 to complete a miserable task that would take a few hours (clean up a dormitory’s bathrooms) would you take it? Hell I would, and I bet many of you would too. What happens if I’m willing to pay you the same amount to do it…

but I don't regret it. — This past week I decided to stop working on my latest venture, MyManual* (2 years old), in which I did about everything wrong you could do when starting a business; Spent more time worrying about patenting the software before I had customers. Hired numerous friends, then couldn't pay their wages. …

I often think of it as trying to accomplish a task knowing, that based on probability, you will fail. As Chad Hurley discusses his early days starting YouTube he says, “We didn't know what the hell we were doing…. we just kinda figured it out as we went along….if we…