Mr Focus

Why I want more women in tech

Here is a podcast I was on recently If you’re open to some different…

Outlook: Customer frustrations

I’ve been a Google mail user for many years and with a new role I’m now having to use Outlook. Maybe it’s the switching pain (I’m no spring chicken) but I’ve found some experiences painful.

Measuring Product Market Fit

I shared some content on Linkedin and Robert Lee asked me to clarify. So here you go;

Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit:

Manual Testing: The MMVP

The fastest way to build a product is to be the product.

The Three Pitch Decks You Need

I find you need three pitch decks;

1. Teaser deck to email — 5–6 slides, very low on words, just enough to get a meeting.

2. Presented deck — 10–15 slides, low on words as you’re talking through it, enough to get a second…

Painkiller, Vitamin, Insurance or Medication?

I had a thought I wanted to share.

People talk about describing products as painkillers or vitamins, but I think we need two more.

1. Painkiller — I have a short term pain, which is really bad and I…

Day 1 of y-Combinator Demo Day Winter 2019

100 companies today. Across two stages which is a shame as you only get to see half…