Cult Creation

2016 Edition

In 2010, I wrote an essay called Cult Creation (pdf).

The Product CEO Paradox

Using Ben Horowitz’s 2013 blog post in practice

Dark Matter

How Google’s Search business and humanity’s information is disappearing

A Hiring Unlock

Calling bullshit on a hiring process that never worked

Happiness?

How I broke through anxiety and agoraphobia to freedom

The Genius of Woo

How to 100% sure you hire the right executive

My Pencil

How something so insignificant, could mean so much

On any given day if you looked at my desk you will see only a few items — a computer, a mouse, my notebook, my ruler, a cloth to clean my glasses, and a pencil. But of all those things, it’s the…

In Defense of Introverts

(Learned from being an introvert with passion and a fear of public places)

The Power of Perspective

How to defend against “copy & kill”

I must never forget that our true competitive advantage, the one true thing that sets us apart is our perspective. — a note I write myself over and over

Brand Star

An engineer’s pattern for creating culture