Category: Takes
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Eight Important Principles of Startup Software Engineering
The software engineering that makes a startup successful is not the kind you learned in school. Too many first-time early stage technical leaders make the mistake of building for the approval of their computer science professors instead of the venture they’re entrusted with making successful. And less-technical founders take their advice, not necessarily knowing any…
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Micro Arcologies?
We have a housing problem, often because homeowners oppose the construction of new housing in established communities. We also have a lifestyle #sustainability problem: our cities sprawl inefficiently, with an impact on climate. We’re also seeing a surge in interest in tiny homes, remote working, and walkable urban centers. What if we combined all this,…
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Why Agile Estimates Suck – And What To Do About It
Engineering is always in the crosshairs. No matter how much pressure you bring to bear, only so much is going to make it through. And the whole process sucks. Here’s what to do about it.
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Most of What I Know About Entrepreneurship I Learned from Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb are builders. Makers, really. They dream up and create wonderful, imaginative, fantastic stuff – not to compete or profit, but because it’s worth doing.
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My Top 5 Startup Movies
As a lifetime “movie guy” and long time startup activist, I love a good startup movie. Here are my top picks – and the ones I’m NOT fond of.
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Motivational Content for Entrepreneurs in the Dip
“The Dip” is Seth Godin’s term for the period following the initial excitement of starting something. It’s the hardest part of being a founder.
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Not Enough Unicorn
Many would-be founders imagine themselves at the helm of a juggernaut startup that rockets them to immortality. This is both extremely unlikely and harmful.
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Is AI your Copilot or your Concierge?
As the hype around generative AI begins to subside somewhat, more reasonable questions are starting to emerge. For me the question isn’t “will AI take my job?” but how SHOULD AI work?
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Why Evaluating Engineers for Startups Isn’t (Mostly) About Code
Coding for startups is not about writing great code: by necessity it’s sloppy, often gets thrown away, and must be written in light of non-technical constraints. If you want to write great code, don’t join a startup.
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Teams vs Ideas: We’re Doing It Wrong
Given the shockingly bad investor returns on early stage startups, there’s an acute need for solutions that help create successful concept-stage teams BEFORE imagining the venture.
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