For all the talk about how to track progress on goals (cough OKRs) there seems to be much less said about figuring out goals in the first place. Over the last couple years I've been adopting SWOT thinking as a key piece of this puzzle. It's not a complex process, but it brings together looking … Continue reading Thoughts on SWOT →

It’s been 10 years since Chris Dixon’s post on “Techies and normals” described a few ways products can penetrate markets (in order of preference): Techies-first, Normals-only, and Techies-only. Enough has changed in the last 10 years that I think it’s time to think about it differently if you’re looking at maximizing the market for a … Continue reading Thinking about Techies and Normals 10 years on →

I didn’t set out to read a book for each month but it turns out I read 12 books in 2019, so there you go. It was my readingest year ever as I had time available and I made sure I took it. I bought my first Kindle in the last few days of 2018 … Continue reading Books 2019 →

My belief is that, as long as we are our healthy selves, we want to thrive and we want those around us to thrive as well. We want to “be happy”. We root for the underdog. We celebrate someone fulfilling their potential and succeeding. The US Army recruited with it for years: Be all that … Continue reading On Thriving →

Reading Jerry Neumann’s post The Deployment Age four years ago has really stuck with me, probably because I can track my career through working on technology that feels like they moved through the transition that the Perez model describes. This post will (hopefully, and maybe only) make sense if you’ve read Jerry’s post, so I … Continue reading Being a Founder in the Best Time for Consumers →

Unless your primary concern is just waiting out the year, this is probably not meaningful “progress”: A sort of progress... Maybe as a measuring stick for a goal requiring consistency it might be useful; i.e., have you been consistent through the first 10% of the year so far? Progress Isn’t Automatically Meaningful Meaningful progress is … Continue reading Make Progress Meaningful →