Don’t Get Trampled: The Puzzle For “Unicorn” Employees

As a product-obsessed entrepreneur and investor, I rarely focus on financing mechanics in the start-up world. It tends to be a binary outcome, and people should join a venture for the team and mission more than anything else. However…

Crafting The First Mile Of Product

As leaders become immersed in their products, they become more focused on the users they have and less on those they don’t.

Attack Of The Micro Brands

In just ten minutes or so scrolling on Instagram, I counted over a dozen brands I had never heard of selling a product that caught my eye. There are so many direct-to-consumer brands we’ve never heard of these days, and I’ve patronized more than I care to admit.

10 Forecasts For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

How will work and life change in a material way over the next ~5 years? This is the…

The Interface Layer: Where Design Commoditizes Tech

A new cohort of design-driven companies are adding…

8 Themes For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

Looking ahead, there are a few major themes I’m particularly…

Notifications: A Tragedy Of the Digital Commons

Disruptive Interfaces & The Emerging Battle To Be The Default

The First 15 Seconds

How do you build a product that engages a user quickly enough to engage them over…