Notes from the work
An archive of product, engineering, startups, and the decisions behind building software. Older posts stay dated; they are here as a record, not a publishing schedule.
I’ve been interested in starting a sports related startup for a few years. I was never sure where to start. I’ve never had any great ideas or epiphany moments for a sports startup. Because of this, I never started a sports related company. This time is going to be different. After some thought, I decided […]
If you aren’t familiar with Pulp Fiction, Harvey Keitel makes a cameo appearance as The Wolf. The Wolf is a consultant that solves problems. The perfect founder of any company embodies the qualities of The Wolf. If you haven’t seen Pulp Fiction, make sure you watch the video at the end of the post for better […]
I am searching for a business idea and it is difficult. Over the past few months, I toiled over the search for an idea and made no progress in starting a new company. Paul Graham’s post about startup ideas showed me that I was going about the process entirely wrong. I was searching for a business […]
Marc Andreessen predicts that the next wave for successful startups are startups that take over for existing incumbent businesses. Uber is “Software eats Taxis”. Fab.com is “Software eats Home Furnishings”. What industries come to mind that haven’t changed in a long time? What industries are you involved in? If you’re looking for a startup idea, […]
One of my main goals for the year has been to write at least one blog post everyday. I’ve written four or five and it’s already the 11th. I’m 6 behind only two weeks into the new year. This has made me ponder how “cheating” effects goals. It’s one thing to completely shrug off a […]
The concierge mvp is an interesting concept because the lean startup method is all about eliminating waste and the concierge mvp seems wasteful from a distance. To a software developer, it doesn’t make sense to manually perform a task when you can get a software program to do it for you.
Curing diseases is in many ways, very similar to running a startup company. You define a clear problem. You hypothesize ways of solving the problem. You implement your hypotheses in a controlled environment. You examine the results. Much like startups, if a surgeon is lucky, he can follow a colleague’s surgery and examine the results […]
While home for the holidays, I wandered upon the bookshelf I used from high school until my second to last year of college. It’s full of software and small business related books. Some I read, some I skimmed, some were completely useless. I’m going to share my thoughts on the books on the shelf in […]
While writing new year’s goals, I stumbled upon The Project Reddit Challenges. These weekly “challenges” are designed to help you improve your life. The goals vary from “do something you’ve never before in your entire life” to “carry a pen and a notepad with you everywhere you go for a week”. Every lesson is designed […]
Your First product will always be terrible and probably won’t work. In fact, it’s very well possible that it will make your target’s situation worse than if they hadn’t tried any solution for their problem. This happens in all innovative industries. One instance that stands out is in the experiments of handling drug addiction in […]