Conference
What does a conference do? Conferences are a way of aggregating – of bringing together – several different valuable things. Conferences aggregate people… A conference… Read More »Conference
Processes (ways to get stuff Done)
The switch (2)
“What am I hoping to get?” Once we’ve admitted to ourselves that we’re doing our work (at least partly) for ourselves, we can think more… Read More »The switch (2)
Some questions for making change happen
What’s the problem? What networks of people and things underlie the problem, and what context or environment are they embedded in? Who wins if you… Read More »Some questions for making change happen
Clayton Christensen on why customers pay a premium, or: bad products are expensive
If you hire a product to get a job done and it doesn’t do the job well, then you have to take it back, or… Read More »Clayton Christensen on why customers pay a premium, or: bad products are expensive
Spare 15
What do you do with a spare fifteen minutes? Quite frequently, I’ll… Continue a Whatsapp conversation Skim the news See who’s been coming to DriverlessCroc… Read More »Spare 15
Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
If you’re not familiar with Steve Blank, start here: The Principles of Lean “No business plan survives first contact with customers.” On Acting on Customer… Read More »Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
Steve Blank: definition of a startup
I’m horrified to discover that I haven’t posted anything much focusing on Steve Blank’s work on Startups, customer discovery and iteration. His definition of a… Read More »Steve Blank: definition of a startup
Resources: Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation
Clayton Christensen’s The Innovators Dilemma is a business classic, providing a framework for understanding how technological or business model innovations (or more usually, both) allow… Read More »Resources: Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation
Podcast recommendation: Mark Andreessen on Software Eating the World (2019)
Here’s Mark Andreessen on the A16z podcast summarising what it means for software to eat the world: [In the original 2011 essay] I made three… Read More »Podcast recommendation: Mark Andreessen on Software Eating the World (2019)
Resources about setting prices
A high enough price If you want to help a lot of people, you’ll need to do your job well and for a long time… Read More »Resources about setting prices