Interviews are fine, but if you really want to evaluate a potential hire, look closer at something more genuine — If I could travel back in time and give myself one piece of advice about hiring employees for my startup, it would be this: “Make sure anyone you hire is exceptional at writing emails.” I admit, this is a weird hypothetical scenario. First of all, are emails really that important…

It’s always hard to be the only person in a company who is responsible for product design. Your day can be insanely busy because you deal with multiple things at the same time. You have to define a high-level strategy for a product design, delivering features, collaborating with product people…

This story now lives at Minimal’s blog. To read it over there, follow this link. If you look closely, you’ll rarely find a sharp corner in any Apple product. …

The difference has a meaningful impact on your startup — I attended my first live, in-person conference in 18 months this week, SaaStr Annual 2021. I was on the fence about attending such a large gathering. On one hand, it’s an event that brings the best and most accomplished leaders in the SaaS industry together to share actionable advice and…