Pricing for startups is 🧬science to start with in the first-place. Try adding some basic Marketplace variables such as supply, demand, growth, churn, CAC, LTV etc. and your head might feel like it’s going to explode 🤯 When you open up your Uber App, it might seem as if pricing…

A basic template to track product metrics using AARRR With most projects I’m involved with I always like to have some 📈 quantitative data to measure and reflect on. There are various ways to do this with MetaBase, Amplitude etc. …

Why it’s nothing new and how you can successfully use the approach in your work. Originally posted on Inc.Africa Over the last ten-plus years of being a product manager, I’ve often been told over and over again that one of my greatest strengths is being scrappy. …

How keeping a bootstrapped team led to our company’s profitability, and what I’m up to next. — TL;DR Hi5 was born in 2016 out of recognising a need for an easy way to manage a rapidly growing team. We’ve been fortunate to partner with some incredible clients such as Pep, Yoyo, M&C Saatchi Abel, ooba homeloans, Advanced Space, Lulalend, PayU, etc. who ultimately helped us become an overnight…

With the recent announcement of school closures in South Africa due the Corona Virus, I’ve heard of many parents asking how they are going to cope with Homeschooling. I’m no expert, however we did it for 10 years and here are some basics, we personally learned. Don’t try to replicate school 🏫 Do you really remember…

Some of my best reads of 2019 📚 I’m glad I reached my reading goal of at least 1 book per month. 2019 was easy as there was such a good variation of easy reading books. In no particular order 👇 Growing Greatness by Pepe Marais Inspired by Marty Cagan …

Companies who home in on employees’ talents see more success. — Originally published at https://www.get5.io/blog/gary-willmott-simple-way-to-find-employees-strengths Focusing on strengths is a strength in and of itself. Companies experience more success when they concentrate on developing an employee’s best skills, instead of just trying to fix his or her weaknesses. Always start with Why “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in…

Our remote team tried working at an office for a year, here are the pro’s and cons. — Originally published at https://www.get5.io/blog/why-we-went-back-to-remote-work Before I jump in, let me start with why we tried an office for a year… In our first year, we were completely remote and very bootstrapped. In year 2 we raised a round of investment and saw the need to scale the team from a…

Customers have the best ideas. — Originally published at https://www.get5.io/blog/why-we-give-our-clients-credit We believe our clients have the best ideas, and we always ship new features with customers in mind. We’re constantly asking for feedback and obsessively jotting them down on our feature wish list. One of the ways in which we solicit feedback from our users is…