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Luck?…
Luck? “I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
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This Week’s Lesson: I HATE Peanut Butter
If you learn only one thing this week, let it be this valuable lesson from Paul Young at ProductCamp 2012: “I’ve heard our strategy described as spreading peanut butter across a myriad layer of opportunities. The result: a thin layer of investment… Continue reading
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Make the User Conference a Powerful Experience and a Marketing Success
Highlights from ProductCamp 2012 Twice a year, Austin hosts a vibrant ProductCamp, an unconference put on by the community. Several hundred people congregate on a Saturday to network, share experiences, and of course learn best practices on produc… Continue reading
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UX Toolbox – The Right Tools To Use To Understand The User Experience
Highlights from ProductCamp 2012 Twice a year, Austin hosts a vibrant ProductCamp, an unconference put on by the community. Several hundred people congregate on a Saturday to network, share experiences, and of course learn best practices on produc… Continue reading
Create Your Startup in a Weekend
This blog was also appears on the CloudBees blog… Startup Weekends are 54-hour events that happen all over the world. We had our own startup fest here in Austin March 30-April 1 (two remote Bees, Ryan Campbell and myself, have the pleasure of li… Continue reading
Making the World Suck Less… with Software!
Not Quite Live from Business of Software 2011 – Alexis Ohanian (@kn0thing) challenges us to make the world suck less… with software and in general! Awesome notes by Justin Goeres (@justingoeres) from JKI… You should start every talk with a cut… Continue reading
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Creating a Data-driven Business
Live from Business of Software 2011 – David Cancel (@dcancel), serial entrepreneur and CEO of Performable (acquired in June by Hubspot), talks about how to measure results and what really matters… “In God we trust; all others must bring data.” F… Continue reading
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The Art of Asking
Live from Business of Software 2011 – Sales Trainer Extraordinaire Paul Kenny (@PaulKennyOL), founder of Ocean Learning, enraptures us with his powerful and honest talk about Closing the Deal… 3 apologies to start…1. No pictures of Peldi2. No … Continue reading
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An Interview with John Nese
Live from Business of Software 2011 – Peldi from Balsamiq (@balsamiq) interviews John Nese (@JohnNesePop) about building a successful small business based on strong values and serious customer care. Outstanding transcript captured by Justin Goeres… Continue reading
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A Litany of Product Management Mistakes at FreshBooks
Live from Business of Software 2011 – fantastic notes from Justin Goeres (@justingoeres) from JKI. In this talk, Michael McDerment (@mikemcderment) , CEO / co-founder of FreshBooks and serial enterpreneur, talks about how FreshBooks has survived a… Continue reading
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Product Principles
Product Principles 