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For even the very wise cannot see all ends. “For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” ― Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Whenever people talk about advice, they either lament…
Read the essay →Every week, I see more people talking about burning out. It seems to be hitting anyone: from seasoned entrepreneurs with glowing track records to people scrapping their side projects because they…
Read the essay →If Facebook can survive a 6-hour outage, so can you. Let’s talk about unexpected downtime, which is often a direct consequence of dependency risk. Even Facebook experiences platform dependency risk.…
Read the essay →Almost every product that ranks #1 on ProductHunt eventually gets copied. Someone sees an interesting product getting traction and decides to build the same thing. They check out the product’s…
Read the essay →I’ve seen people make the following observation more and more: “you shouldn’t build an audience; you should build a community!” Now, there is a lot of truth to that statement. It appears, on the…
Read the essay →Pivoting a business is scary. Changing what you offer is like switching lanes on a busy motorway: there are many things to consider, and steering anywhere too quickly can create accidents. You need…
Read the essay →I recently heard a saying: “leaders read, and readers lead.” It made me reflect on my reading choices over the last few years and what I have discovered from switching things up a little. A few years…
Read the essay →Two years ago, around this time, Danielle and I had just sold my SaaS FeedbackPanda. But we didn’t just sell a business: I quickly learned that I had sold my source of passion and motivation as well.…
Read the essay →Ever since Danielle and I moved to Canada, I’ve been having a few new adventures. Getting to mow the lawn in our backyard was one of them. For a city boy like me, this was a novel and exciting…
Read the essay →I did an Ask-me-Anything on ProductHunt this week, and one question stood out to me. Jon Jackson asked me about the kind of life I led while running the business, how stressful it was, and what that…
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