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strategyStrategy Update Feb 2020A few months ago, we pivoted our core value proposition away from “remote team management” to look at whether we could build a business in…
leadershipAlignment, Focus & Business SuccessHow startup teams undermine their own success I’ve worked in early-stage product teams for a number of years now, and observed the different…
strategyThe Importance of ‘Zooming Out’How to stop focusing on the short-term & start focusing on the long-term In this article, I’m going to explore why we end up focused on…
visionHow to Make Sure You’re not Wasting the Next 5-10 Years of Your Professional LifeWhat is vision? You would think that everyone comes into working knowing what they are doing and, more importantly, why. Yet the last global…
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strategyYour logo doesn’t mean shit.Your logo doesn’t mean shit. Your brand does. Above is a photo of a load of famous brands. All of them using Helvetica. Most of them pretty…
visionWhat value should you create for the world?When you are ambitious, it’s really hard to settle on one thing to impact. We want to impact everything, but as a result end up impacting…
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strategyThe Competition In Product Design“The Competition.” Just the word itself conjures up an image in the mind of intimidating, omnipresent, dark forces, lacking any clear form…
strategyStop Thinking Short-TermInvestment: “An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.” “ A thing…