“It sounds like you need to define what success looks like.” This was such a simple statement. And yet, it had a profound impact on me. I was in my […]
Practice Defining Your MVP
Suppose you are building eVite. Or Facebook Events. Or whatever your favorite event site is. And you need to define your MVP. How would you think about it? Some of […]
How You Build Matters. Finding Your MVP.
The MVP. The minimum viable product. The most misunderstood concept in the world of Lean startups. And one of the most critical to get right. Why Time To Build Doesn’t […]
The Simplest (and Most Important) Question You Face as a Product Leader
What should you build next? This is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a product manager. If you work in an Agile environment, you’ll make it sprint […]
Why Testing Everything Doesn’t Work
Please stop throwing spaghetti at the wall. It doesn’t work. I know you can launch a landing page in five minutes. I know it’s easy to toss up a quick […]
How We Used Kindling at AfterCollege to Engage Everyone in Idea Generation
It’s easy to talk about idea management. It’s much harder to do it in practice. Including everyone in idea generation in a way that is productive takes effort. Collecting feedback on […]
How To Turn Bad Ideas Into Good Ideas
What’s a good idea look like? Do you think you’ll recognize it when you see it? Are you sure? Most good ideas start out as bad ideas. They are infeasible. […]
That’s Not Brainstorming
Thursday’s post, Stop Brainstorming and Generate Better Ideas, got quite the reaction, particularly on Twitter. I’m not surprised. I also reacted strongly when I first learned about the research against […]
