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Essays
Long-reads, short-reads, no-reads. Thoughts and explorations of various topics related to startups and products.
Working backwards to find an activation metric
How we tried to pick an objectively good activation event for our non-linear product and invented something else instead.
Survival guide for an introverted CEO
Does a CEO have to love small talk and networking? Behold eight tips on how to avoid it and still be a successful introverted CEO.
How to run a company without HR department?
Imho, HR is overrated. Learn to run a company without HR department and with a high level of employee engagement and streamlined company culture.
How to accept criticism
How to accept criticism? I can be straightforward about it. Only through practicing a lot with it.
Determinate optimism
How to achieve the state of determinate optimism and why does it matter in Product Management.
5 questions to ask in an interview
I won’t tell you about any widely-known tricks or common questions like if a person is stressed, talk about some everyday stuff first. Let's dig deeper.
How to motivate team by removing stuff
How to motivate team without actually doing anything? Check out this article for 3 tips for employee motivation in software development.
You need to complete Features
What happens to a product with multiple unfinished features? It simply cannot become people’s favorite.
Steps in new product development: get it right
Learn the insider’s rules and steps in new product development to launch your software product successfully in one year (maybe).
Slice that pie: how to split equity in a startup
Read this post to find out the only reasonable way of how to split equity in a startup fairly, efficiently, and without losing trust in your co-founders.
Advantages and disadvantages of meetings for development teams
How many meetings should I squeeze in my day? Which team meeting to attend, which to ditch? What’s the hourly cap for meetings in one’s life? Let’s discuss!
(Non) transparent work culture
Achieve transparent work culture and mutual trust at your company in three hard, challenging, yet very efficient steps. Works for a remote team as well.
How to start your own product: to-dos and not-to-dos
Read this if you had intrusive thoughts like: “dammit, this app is the same as I thought of a year ago!” or even “I’m fed up with my managers, time to do something of my own.”
(Un)Popular opinion: abolish working week
Why do we work from Monday to Friday and who said it’s optimal for software development or the creative industry?
The role of luck in success: get philosophical
I believe that luck (random positive events) plays a paramount role both on peronal and company levels. Read this blog post to see how even one random chance can have a great impact.
10 worst interview questions
Forget these interview questions 🙅 and never ask them your potential employees in software development (or elsewhere).
5 Biggest Problems in Software Development
Whine with me about the biggest problems in software development. From user satisfaction to more profound issues, let's discuss it.
Goals and KPIs, and effective managers
Goals and KPIs can destroy the workflow. How can meaningful objectives be disruptive? Learn to avoid the mess in setting goals and KPIs in just one simple step.
Why are deadlines important even though I hate them?
Why are deadlines important for software development—even if we all hate them sincerely? I’ve spent 10 years figuring it out. Enjoy the results of my research!
Entrepreneur self-doubt and confidence (take both!)
Find out how a startup founder should profit from both entrepreneur self-doubt and confidence—especially when the product needs to be tested yet.
Product Discovery isn't just for the Product Team
If your discovery process involves the same handful of people, opportunities may be overlooked because the insights that would lead you to them are never acknowledged.
Overcoming fear of public speaking in 8 easy & honest tips
It’s never too late: read these 8 easy, frank tips on overcoming fear of public speaking and learn to speak confidently on stage.
Practical tips on how to understand when to close a startup
Use this easy rule of thumb to know when to close a startup instead of staying a “promising company” that won’t deliver anything in the next ten years.
How to organize and process feedback for B2B SaaS product
Feedback organization helps to prioritize features, build better solutions and engage customers. Let's explore how to do it right in a B2B SaaS product.
Non-comprehensive Guide on How to Become a Great Product Manager
The best way to try out a product management role is to launch your own product. All other skills and qualities will gradually come. Or not.
2x: Simple rule for software development time estimation
Discover the golden rule of software development time estimation that fits any team and is proven by years of expertise.
Hypertext tools from the 80s
The pre-internet era was full of wonderful and very powerful systems that are well forgotten now, but we definitely can learn from them, try to understand why we had an enormous degradation in the 1990s and 2000s, and why we are enjoying hypertext systems renaissance now.
Why is transparency in the workplace a must for any company?
Check out what transparency in the workplace can bring your company — and how no transparency screws everything up.
How to focus on work (especially when you can’t)
Learn from my experience of how to focus on work when Slack and Facebook lure you into talks.
Bundling vs. Unbundling
In the age of specialization it looks like unbundling is the only viable strategy. Well, it is not.
Product idea validation: how to do it?
There's only one way out: start creating the minimum viable product. This is the most effective strategy for product validation. Why? It brings you external feedback.
How to measure productivity of software development teams
Measuring developer productivity by hours is an attempt to reduce uncertainty by squeezing it into a simple model. Yet in our industry, we must accept uncertainty, learn to thrive with it.
Does your company really need investment?
There is an important decision to make: build a lifestyle business or a startup? And the sooner you decide, the sooner you will stop worrying and start living.
Start with a niche
The most popular products don’t become mass popular overnight. It’s a process. Usually they popularity is uneven, they are unknown in some niches, but very popular in another niches.
Startups and near-death experience
Quite many top startups had a transformative near-death experience that changed everything and help them to find a path to success.
Automations Concepts Overview
In this article I tried to briefly review all possible ways to add automation layer into a system.
New Wiki Approach: Store Your Documents Close to Work
Wiki concept is not new. But in Fibery it has a new twist.
Fibery.io Philosophy
We create Fibery.io based on several main principles. They are short, deep and concrete.
You don't need generic product roadmap templates
It’s tempting to download the first roadmap template you find. But you should avoid them, if you’re serious about building a sustainable self-sufficient business.