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Jun 30, 2020

How to make your own anonymous email service

For those new to anonymous email services like Mailinator, they’re a handy way to sign up for a service or mailing list without divulging your personal information. In a nutshell, they accept all email to their domain, like trump@mailinator.com, and make it available at a URL. …

Email Productivity

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How to make your own anonymous email service
How to make your own anonymous email service
Email Productivity

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Jun 23, 2020

Using a building callbox as a keyless entry system

I’ve always kept a spare key in a lockbox outside my apartment. That habit has saved me many times when I locked myself out or had a friend stay over while I was out of town. …

Keyless Entry

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Using a building callbox as a keyless entry system
Using a building callbox as a keyless entry system
Keyless Entry

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Feb 27, 2018

A Translation Guide to Engineers

Whether you’re a veteran product manager, a first-time PM or an engineer yourself, this reference guide should be a fun (and hopefully educational) read. Estimation & Scale Trivial “Once we decide on the API schema, writing the endpoints will be trivial.” Easy or unimportant. The opposite, non-trivial, is commonly used to mean that…

Programming

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A Translation Guide to Engineers
A Translation Guide to Engineers
Programming

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·Aug 21, 2017

Why We’re Getting 1000’s of People Drunk

This October will mark the 4th Boston Drunk User Testing. What started as just a handful of “design-y” startups and a couple of kegs has grown to hundreds of people and dozens of simultaneous usability tests. It’s no coincidence that DUT aligns with Appcues’ mission of helping teams create products…

UX

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Why We’re Getting 1000’s of People Drunk
Why We’re Getting 1000’s of People Drunk
UX

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Published in Appcues

·Jun 13, 2017

Three Meetings that Changed Everything

In the Summer of 2016, the Appcues Product team was killing it. If you had a checklist for a high-performing product team, we were nailing all the important marks. ✅ Everything we were building was backed by heavy validation. ✅ We resolved most bugs as soon as they were reported. ✅ Our…

Product Management

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Three Meetings that Changed Everything
Three Meetings that Changed Everything
Product Management

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Mar 24, 2017

The Startup Trust Fund

Earlier this week, we made a new addition to the Appcues employee benefits package. While some startups try to woo new hires with catered lunch and nerf guns, we enjoy being fun in a different way. That’s why I’m proud to announce the Appcues Trust Fund, a budget for building…

Startup

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The Startup Trust Fund
The Startup Trust Fund
Startup

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Feb 3, 2017

Does My Startup Need a Blog?

The short answer: no. There’s a better way. I’m a follower of Lean thinking and have become addicted to the thrill and benefits of immediate feedback. When starting Appcues, I wanted (maybe needed) to get those same benefits from my marketing activities. My ideal marketing strategy was: At my own…

Content Marketing

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Does My Startup Need a Blog?
Does My Startup Need a Blog?
Content Marketing

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Jan 24, 2017

A Formula for Saying No

One of the things I struggled with was saying “no” to people. I emailed my mentors about it, posted the question on Quora and sought advice often. The turning point came from something Dharmesh said. Remember that your time is finite. …

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A Formula for Saying No
A Formula for Saying No

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Dec 6, 2016

Redefining Pirate Metrics

It’s been just over nine years since Dave McClure first shared his Pirate Metrics with the world. That same year, Dropbox and Hulu were founded, T-Mobile had just IPO’d, and a share of Apple stock cost $12. Over nearly a decade, every tech startup founder has referenced Pirate Metrics in…

Startup

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Redefining Pirate Metrics
Redefining Pirate Metrics
Startup

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Nov 10, 2015

Fake it ’til You Fail

We’ve all heard the adages. “Fake it ’til you make it.” “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” These sayings are motivating, but they advocate too heavily in favor of deceit. Should you really spend years as a…

Startup

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Fake it ’til You Fail
Fake it ’til You Fail
Startup

2 min read

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