Startup

The startup scene is often romanticized as an all-or-nothing endeavor, where you either go all-in and burn the midnight oil or you don’t make it at all. Well, I think that’s bullshit. It’s important to remember that there’s no wrong way to go about it. Sure, going full-on indie and…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Design can never truly be free of culture, gender, and bias. Our pursuit of a neutral and universal design may bring us to modernism, minimalism, and the Apple-esque aesthetic, but these design schools, inspired by Eurocentric standards, carry qualities associated with masculinity. How can we go beyond the stereotypical binary…

A memorable product story is invaluable for a startup. It helps your team unite around a common vision and it works miracles when communicating with customers or investors. “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller.” — Steve Jobs But what if you don’t have a good story…

What no-code design actually is and how it can transform your business — What is “No-code” actually? It might be the hottest new buzzword for tech companies, but really, it’s not that deep. No-code is a principle for user interface design that allows the user to “modify” code without explicitly writing code, without requiring high technical ability, and without necessarily realizing that’s what they’re doing.

PING is being acquired by Thoma Bravo, which means we have another software M&A comp. Alongside multiples of publicly traded SaaS companies, public SaaS acquisitions are some of the most relevant you can look at for deriving SaaS revenue multiples. These transactions are all cash, the financials are public and…

My desperation to find a community blew me towards one of the most ambitious communities. In summary: I started two ventures from my bedroom to help with my loneliness as a student; eventually, they were given seed funding by MIT via their Sandbox Program. Part 1: Oddball In 2020 I returned to university…