Published in HackerNoon.com·Jul 15, 2018Product Process (part 1)Before I left BrightRoll in 2016 I documented the approach we used for building successful products for future Product Managers on the team. Themes to Consider For New Initiatives Whenever thinking about new initiatives, it’s important to keep a few guiding principles in mind from the very beginning of the planning phase. 1. Be Data Driven This one is a…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Published in The Startup·Jun 6, 2018Lessons learned from a failed startupStarting a company is hard. But “failure” definitely isn’t one of the words I’d use to describe my experience. Since letting friends and family know my co-founder and I were shutting down our startup, a lot of people have asked me what I’ve learned and what I would’ve done differently…Startup8 min readStartup8 min read
Published in The Startup·May 1, 2018Want fewer meetings at work? Learn how to say no.Not all decisions require a meeting in order to drive next steps, and too many meetings have way too many people to be effective. With so many new tools, apps, and plugins to make it easier to schedule meetings at work, it’s become too easy to steal your coworkers’ time. …Meetings3 min readMeetings3 min read
Published in Rate That Meeting·May 1, 2018Want fewer meetings at work? Learn how to say no.Not all decisions require a meeting in order to drive next steps, and too many meetings have way too many people to be effective. With so many new tools, apps, and plugins to make it easier to schedule meetings at work, it’s become too easy to steal your coworkers’ time. …Meetings3 min readMeetings3 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 23, 2018Help your team get out of meetingsLearn how successful teams are using Rate That Meeting to improve workplace productivity — Meetings can be a drain on team morale and productivity, and they can quickly snowball into dominating your day and week. We’ve likely all had those days where we’re running between meetings all day and we’re only able to find time to truly get work done at night, after normal…Meetings3 min readMeetings3 min read
Published in Rate That Meeting·Mar 12, 2018Help your team get out of meetingsLearn how successful teams are using Rate That Meeting to improve workplace productivity — Meetings can be a drain on team morale and productivity, and they can quickly snowball into dominating your day and week. We’ve likely all had those days where we’re running between meetings all day and we’re only able to find time to truly get work done at night, after normal…Meetings2 min readMeetings2 min read
Published in MailCoach·Jun 27, 2017“I’m so busy”Work is busy, life is busy, we’re all busy. It’s easy to complain about how busy we all are, but dare I say, it’s dumb, and often bologna. Or rather, it’s an excuse for justifying our feeling of being overwhelmed at work. That’s not to say no one is busy…Email5 min readEmail5 min read
