Varun SinghInsurgency and EmpowermentInsurgent campaigns, the kind that galvanize Americans & drive sustained contributions to campaigns are about empowerment, and nothing…Mar 11, 2016Mar 11, 2016
Varun SinghNew products are like babiesWhen you conceive them, it’s magical. The process is electrifying. After that, you toil hard for months to bring them to life, and launch…Mar 5, 2016Mar 5, 2016
Varun SinghDon’t “work from home”The desire to work from home has been all the rage, especially in the tech sector. Usually this is restricted to a day/week but can extend…Feb 17, 2016Feb 17, 2016
Varun SinghWhy is listening so difficult for us?Denial is a phenomena where one refuses to acknowledge that their version of the world is inconsistent with reality.I’ve often felt that…Feb 16, 2016Feb 16, 2016
Varun SinghLessons from an exittl;dr: A startup I helped create & worked at for ~5 years from 2010 to 2014 was acquired by a public company. I share some first hand…Feb 9, 20161Feb 9, 20161
Varun Singh“MVP is not a beta product”I see many product teams confuse a “beta” product from a notional “MVP”. They couldn’t be more different with entirely different product…Jan 31, 2016Jan 31, 2016
Varun SinghSimple is hard, and complex is easy.Building things that are easy generally leads to complexity, and building simple things is hard. Here’s a handy 2 x 2 to help you remember…Jan 30, 20161Jan 30, 20161
Varun SinghinThe Bigger PictureMy first day at San Quentin State PrisonFriday, January 8th, was my first day as a reentry advisor with the California Reentry Program at San Quentin state prison. Many wonder…Jan 12, 201638Jan 12, 201638
Varun SinghNo plan survives contact with the enemyThe Iraq war & the ensuing occupation was a clusterfuck of epic proportions. This post isn’t about that. This post is about the operation…Dec 10, 20151Dec 10, 20151
Varun SinghWhat Accident Statistics taught me about MetricsI first took interest in goal setting & metrics nearly 5 years ago at a fledgling startup where we were trying to get our first product off…Dec 2, 2015Dec 2, 2015