Scrum — Your False God of Innovation
Scrum will make a zealot out of you. And a growing number of product managers and engineering teams are fervent disciples. The problem is that it does not lead to…
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Kanban Cannot Save You From The Engineering Death Spiral
Your company is in an engineering death spiral if the following is true — your team is becomes less and less efficient, despite more and more measures being implemented…
$0 to $200M in 9 months (Startup lessons)
I never actually was in a business that grew from zero to $200 million in sales — but I have often dreamed about it. And that counts for something. I am a big thinker and…
A Better Product Backlog
If your product backlog is like mine was, it’s a mess. But it’s not your or your team’s fault. That’s how I see it, because I am not a sloppy person and you probably are…
So You Want to IPO – Tips From an Investment Banker
The following notes come directly from a recent talk given by leading investment bankers in Silicon Valley. The topic was how to prepare for going public. With Twitter’s…
Why do Scrum Fanatics Hate Time?
Time can be understood, unless a scrumdamentalist is in the room. Because then time is replaced with a point, but that point cannot be known. It’s just relative to other…
A New Approach Called the Waif Startup
Can you ever be lean enough? Follow these 5 basic principles of the Waif Startup — a tongue-in-cheek approach to taking the Lean Startup methodology even farther.
Did Your Product Manager Really Say That?
Everyone I know in technology picks up jargon and funky talk as a way of fitting in or standing out in the office. Sometimes the ‘MBA speak’ is used to obfuscate what is…
