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Jan 28, 2018

Why “We’re the Uber for X” is a double-edged sword

A common early need for new companies (and products) is the “Elevator Pitch”. If you’ve never heard of the term, it stems from the following hypothetical situation: you’re a startup founder, and you find yourself in a confined space (e.g. an…

How quarterly plans made a huge difference for our startup

Building a startup requires a lot of focus. But it’s not enough to just focus on one thing like crazy (ignoring everything else): you need balance. Over enough time, I’ve found that our team would be stuck in one of two modes…

Stop making scaffold apps

Scaffold apps are terrible. You probably use them all the time. They’re the type of app where every screen is a list of items and each item has its page. They’re common for a reason: they’re easy to design and easier to code. Rails (and other frameworks) even have tools for…