Startups

A tough job market is the best time to start something

Here's how to navigate a tough job market from someone dumb enough to have done it before. Me.

Place good startup bets

You can't win every bet. Your goal is to be a little more right than wrong and keep playing

Should you join an AI startup right now?

Beyond income there's 2 reasons to take any specific job: Invest in yourself or invest in the company. Both is best.

The Series A inflection point

The Series A inflection point is the most fun time in a startup, if you ask me. Here's what it looks like

Notes for my Scaling Fast talk next week

Decided to publish my notes because they look pretty useful on their own. Although I hope my stage presence adds a little something something. Enjoy :)

The market always wins

No amount of growth hacking, investor money, or a/b testing will save you, if people don't want what you have.

Building software is a distraction

Why you aren’t drowning in recruiters, too

Always put side effects last

How to DDoS yourself with analytics –– a war story

That one time a simple for-loop increased conversions by 19%

These 19 Words are the Only Self-Help & Business Advice You Need

Go the fuck home

Why coding is more fun than engineering

Livecoding #22: A door-answering Slackbot

I added linting to a 3-year old project. You can totally guess what happened next.

Does it even make sense to move to San Francisco?

Why offices are where work goes to die

Dear tech companies, this is not how you hire engineers

Age

Stypi - the perfect blogging tool

Shuush - perfect tool for all my twitter followers

"Startup rollercoaster" isn't even the half of it