The only metric that matters

I've been lucky to be part of the early growth of several really interesting and now important networks including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. One of the things that I felt working on each of these is that we never looked at numbers or metrics in the abstract -- total page…

Tell a four-word story.

Forget the elevator pitch. You only get four words.

Formula for Entrepreneurial Success

Five simple truths

What I Learned Building Medium (So Far)

As of November 2012

We’re now eight months into building Medium, having started in earnest in February of this year. In August, we launched what I call the “preview” version—which included viewing content publicly and creation for a…

Tenth Grade Tech Trends

A few months ago, my fifteen-year-old sister told me that Snapchat was going to be the next Instagram. Many months…

Twitter Bootstrap

I didn’t think I’d learn anything building Bootstrap.

Is design a part of mainstream startup culture now? Absolutely.

People, not users

Your users are people. What do they need? What do they like to do? What is their life like?

Sight for Signal

This is our second Christmas in the apartment. The Christmas tree is a damnable bundle of tiny aluminum spikes that cut my arms…