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Why I’m excited about profit-sharing startups
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The Problems in Remote Working
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The Rise of “No Code”
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The 20-Minute MVP
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Blogging is the New Resume
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Don't Learn to Code
November 19, 2013
Do "Shitty" Work
November 5, 2013
Easter Egg Marketing: How Snapchat, Apple, and Google Hook You
September 18, 2013
Knowing When It's Time to Move On
August 8, 2013
Email-First Startups
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Why you should build your product in public
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Email as an Interface
May 18, 2013
Building a Habit Startup
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Anyone Can Ship
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Growth Hacking via Google Analytics
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How I Use My Email List
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Connect the Dots
May 1, 2013
Be Selfish
April 29, 2013
Why I Pay for Draft and Other Free Products
April 27, 2013
Stop Using Wireframe Tools
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Habit Startups
April 22, 2013
The Future is Driven by Interface Changes
April 19, 2013
Email Thanks
April 17, 2013
SMS-First Startups
April 16, 2013
6 Ways Apple's iWatch Could Revolutionize Gaming
April 13, 2013
Twitter Just Became a Games Platform
April 5, 2013
Discover the Insights Hidden Within Yourself
April 3, 2013
Follow Through
April 1, 2013
Perceived Anti-Patterns
March 22, 2013
Instagram is Too Hard
March 20, 2013
3 Questions You Must Ask Before Killing Features
March 18, 2013
What Killed Turntable.fm?
March 15, 2013
My Response: Who Took a Chance On You?
March 12, 2013
There Will Be Wrong Assumptions
March 11, 2013
Don't Be So Smart
March 5, 2013
Hacking Habits
March 2, 2013
Teachers Change the World
March 1, 2013
I Got 99 Problems and Blogging is One
March 1, 2013
Email-First Startups
February 25, 2013
Thoughts on Buffer's Culture (audio post)
February 24, 2013
An Intro to Lean Startup (presentation)
February 23, 2013
Small Appreciation Matters
February 22, 2013
Why I Write
February 17, 2013
Technology Addiction: The Motivation Bar is Falling
February 17, 2013
If you could make just ONE thing more efficient, what would it be?
February 11, 2013
Tinder: Increase Hookups Using Metrics-Driven Product Design
February 9, 2013
Fear is Healthy
February 6, 2013
Today's Analytics Tools Are Broken
February 4, 2013
Passion
February 2, 2013
Vine's 4 Growth Missteps
February 1, 2013
Vine: The Next Big Marketing Channel?
January 31, 2013
Do Less
January 28, 2013
Response To: Data is Useless Unless You Can Act on It
January 26, 2013
Getting to the 'Aha!' Moment
January 20, 2013
Tactics for Better Customer Interviews
January 19, 2013
REQUOTE - Inspire your readers to share your word
January 15, 2013
Learning from 15 Year-Old Girls
January 13, 2013
Svbtle: The Anti-Growth Hack
January 12, 2013
Read What I'm Reading
January 12, 2013
Support Emails Are a Good Thing
January 6, 2013
13 People I Want to Meet in 2013
December 31, 2012
MyFaceWhen - The Most Fun App You've Never Heard Of
December 28, 2012
Snapchat's Biggest Weakness
December 27, 2012
Facebook's Tide Pool Strategy
December 25, 2012
My Most Loved Apps of 2012
December 23, 2012
What's the Deal with Snapchat?
December 22, 2012
Ask for Criticism
December 18, 2012
Stop Coming Up With Startup Ideas
December 8, 2012
A Few Things I Learned from Lean Startup Machine
December 8, 2012
Celebrate Awesome
November 24, 2012
The Only Thing That Matters
November 11, 2012
Building a Stickier Quibb
October 30, 2012
Don't Ignore Your Intuition
October 7, 2012
(Successful) Startups = Focus
October 5, 2012
Hacking Twitter for Customer Feedback
September 27, 2012
My Experience at Lean Startup Machine
September 23, 2012
Stop Using noreply@
September 22, 2012
Amazon's Killer App: One-Click Merchandising
September 12, 2012
Startups: Question Yourself
August 31, 2012
Early New Years Resolution: Get Out of the Office
August 28, 2012
It All Starts With Product
August 27, 2012
11 Techniques for Player Value Maximization: Part 2
July 29, 2012
11 Techniques for Player Value Maximization: Part 1
June 9, 2012
Valuing LTV: Beyond Monetization
May 12, 2012
Friction-free Product Design
November 20, 2011
Daily Deal Sites, You're Doing it Wrong
October 12, 2011
Has Facebook Lost Its Vision?
September 19, 2011
"I'm a Graduate! Now Where's my Job?"
September 13, 2011
Here We Go... (PlayHaven Press Roundup)
September 3, 2011
What's the Future of iPhone and iPad Games?
July 31, 2011
Google+'s Subtle, Killer Feature: Tagging
July 12, 2011
Google+ is About to Change the Social Gaming Industry
July 7, 2011
Disruption Through Gamification
July 2, 2011
How Has Turntable.fm Grown So Rapidly With No Marketing?
June 16, 2011
Why Is Turntable.fm So Addictive?
June 9, 2011
The Next Big Thing in Music: Turntable.fm
June 5, 2011
'Flip Burgers' and Other Great Entrepreneurship Advice from Mark Suster
May 13, 2011
The Real Impact of Facebook's New Video Ads
May 6, 2011
Someone Build This: Crowdsourced Product Design
May 1, 2011
Please Take My Money, Mr. Content Producer
April 20, 2011
Please add these features, Grubwithus
April 17, 2011
Mythical Creatures Drawn by SF Restaurants
April 12, 2011
Level Up Bnter: A simple feature tweak to increase virality
April 10, 2011
Censorbook
April 3, 2011
A Hopeful Applicant's Y Combinator Experience
March 22, 2011
Techniques for Getting Traction with your Social Site
March 3, 2011