Founder-led technology decisions often work for a long time because the founder can hold the whole system in their head — the product, the trade-offs, the shortcuts, the plan — all in one place. The signal that something needs to change is rarely[…]

The Earn Phone was built on a powerful idea: Turn everyday phone usage into income. Users earned points for listening to music, charging their phones, playing games, and reading news. An Earn Phone monetized the experience through embedded ads and shared revenue with[…]

Overview Many organizations conduct competitive assessments without a structured framework, often relying on incomplete SWOT analyses or narrow product comparisons. This Competitive Analysis Model offers a standardized approach to evaluating competitors based on their ability to innovate disruptively and their effectiveness in bringing[…]

Minimum Viable Products: An Introduction for Product Managers Imagine a restaurant testing a new dish before adding it to the menu. Instead of investing in bulk ingredients, redesigning the menu, and training staff on a complex recipe, the chef first introduces it as[…]

Innovation is often touted as the key to business success, but what does it entail beyond creating uniquely valuable products? The concept of innovation is frequently used broadly, and its precise definition is rarely explored in depth. Innovation alone does not guarantee success,[…]

The chief technology officer (CTO) is one of the least understood and most broad of all c-suite positions.  The role also varies quite a bit at different company stages.  What one company expects of its CTO may be entirely different from what the[…]

If I tell you that you can purchase a brand new iPhone for $5, what do you think?  Yet if I tell you that you can hire an outsourced developer for $10 / hour, somehow we set aside our dad’s advice that “nothing is[…]

David Fisher once wrote “What often characterizes visionaries is their lack of vision. It’s a popular idea that people of genius see farther and clearer than other people, but perhaps the truth is actually the opposite. Visionaries often don’t notice the enormous and[…]

A few years ago, I asked an experienced, technically-savvy friend to look at the product that we were building and objectively let me know his thoughts.  He quickly pointed out that while he was initially impressed with the array of features and power,[…]