Paul Graham
Do Things that Don't Scale
16+ min · · July 2013One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build… · Shared by 1631, including Zain Fathoni, Leo Polovets, designshard, Swebliss, Data Science Renee, Gabriele, Kevan Lee 👋, Herbert Bay, Mark Kaigwa, Luca Hammer, Spencer Fry, Gibson Biddle, fernand0, Will Critchlow, hiten.eth, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Taylor Pearson, Rodrigo Prior, David Luescher
Fast Company
Brainstorming Doesn’t Work; Try This Technique Instead
4 min · · Ever been in a meeting where one loudmouth’s mediocre idea dominates? Then you know brainstorming needs an overhaul. · Shared by 14, including ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Zain Fathoni
Basecamp
Shape Up
4 min · · Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters · Shared by 13, including Zain Fathoni, DHH
Ryan Singer
Ryan Singer
1 min · · UPDATED: June 7, 2018 Hill Charts are now a feature of Basecamp 3. See the announcement here: See where projects really stand with the Hill Chart February 14, 2018 Tasks and tickets aren't enough to… · Shared by 6, including Zain Fathoni
blog.jbrains.ca
Forget Velocity
7 min · · What does velocity measure? Does measuring velocity help? Does it hurt? Does it help more than it hurts? First, let’s be clear: by velocity, I mean story points delivered per iteration over time. Of… · Shared by 4, including Zain Fathoni
Investopedia
Theranos: A Fallen Unicorn
6 min · · A look at the ongoing saga of a unicorn biotech startup in Palo Alto, from its rise to the fall. · Shared by 5, including Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, Zain Fathoni
steve-yegge.blogspot.com
Stevey's Blog Rants: Get that job at Google
· I've been meaning to write up some tips on interviewing at Google for a good long time now. I keep putting it off, though, because it's goi... · Shared by 1, including Zain Fathoni
avc
VP Engineering Vs CTO
2 min · · Last week on MBA Mondays I posted about the difference between CFO and VP Finance. In the comments to that post, I was asked about VP Eng vs CTO and I figured that had the makings of a good post too.… · Shared by 3, including Zain Fathoni
Mark Suster
Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?
6 min · · I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. · Shared by 66, including Alberto, Patric Fornasier, Zain Fathoni, Stefan Weber, Jakub Ferenc, Jim Mayes, Clemens, Andreas Brenner, Philip Stehlik, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Matthias Lampe
The Verge
WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera
10 min · · I dedicate this to the energy of We. · Shared by 327, including DHH, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Zain Fathoni, Michael (मुकेश), Brian Rinaldi, Fern, Liliane Ferrari ™, Tyler Tringas, Spencer Fry, Gerd Leonhard, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Thomas Power, David Cochrane, Matthias Lampe, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Daniel Newman, Thomas Knüwer, Sebastien Meunier, Lauren Holliday, John Koetsier
vicki.substack.com
You don't need Kafka
5 min · · A couple days ago, I was perusing the excellent Data Engineering Weekly newsletter (which I highly recommend subscribing to if you’re in the industry), when I noticed a link to a meetup on Kafka,… · Shared by 27, including Chris {he, they} , Zain Fathoni, Data Science Renee, #MuskOut (not parody)
usefyi.com
Why Coda Believes The Future of Software is Documents and Makers
19+ min · · Shishir Mehrotra, co-founder and CEO of Coda believes that documents run the world.For more than 20 years, Mehrotra has been thinking about documents. · Shared by 167, including Bertrand Maltaverne, Stefan Weber, Marie Prokopets, hiten.eth, Dominik Grolimund, Zain Fathoni, Dez S. Papp
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
Libra, a Cyberpunk Nightmare in the Midst of Crypto Spring
17+ min · · With crypto winter finally over, I’ve turned my heart to dreams of crypto spring. But my thoughts are not warm in this first article in… · Shared by 62, including Beni Buess, Sébastien Bonset, 瑞拿頭, David Smooke, Zain Fathoni
Stratechery
Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game
10 min · · Libra is less about an immediate benefit to Facebook, and more about creating a world where companies like Facebook have the best chance to prosper. That is why Facebook gave up so much control. · Shared by 212, including Fabrizio Bianchi, Taylor Pearson, Gerd Leonhard, Thomas Power, Gideonro, Clemens M. Schuster, Ines Bieler, Zain Fathoni, Claudia Sommer, Daniel Bentes, Dominik Grolimund, Mark Kaigwa, Niklaus Gerber, Andreas Heer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Raphael Bratschi, Teresa Torres
The Verge
Three Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose a company in crisis
20+ min · · Shared by 640, including Thomas Power, Marsha Collier, massimo mantellini, zeynep tufekci, Casey Newton, Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Korben, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Jane, Chris Messina, CORRECTIV, anildash.com, DHH, Tristan Nitot - nitot chez framapiaf point org, Liliane Ferrari ™, Antonio Vieira Santos, Mark Kaigwa, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
With cryptocurrency launch, Facebook sets its path toward becoming an independent nation
5 min · · With the launch of the Libra cryptocurrency, Mark Zuckerberg reveals his dreams of building a new virtual country, perhaps inspired by the Roman Empire. · Shared by 6, including Zain Fathoni