Use the Broken-Promise Strategy to validate your startup
When Mike Chen responded to his friend’s email, he had no idea it was about to change his life, and …
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How to validate your startup idea as an introvert
The most awkward part of building a startup is also the thing people skip the most: interviewing potential customers before you …
Things I still don’t know after building a six-figure business
About 8 months ago I launched the Code-Free Startup, an education platform teaching non-technical people how to build apps without …
Embrace the Slow Web, Your Productivity Will Thank You
Applications are needy. Just five years ago they left you alone (with the exception of the MS Office paperclip helping …
How I Created a Business in 10 Minutes with Amazon
The shelf life for electronics grows shorter as technology hurdles us towards faster, bigger, brighter gadgets. As someone who stays …
Creating a memory champion: How to boost your thought recall
The competition takes place in a dimly lit lecture hall. To the average eye, it just looks like quiet students …
Why we can’t predict our failures (and how to solve it)
In mid-2001, Dean Kamen sat at his desk, excitedly thumbing through papers. After about a decade of tinkering, he was …
Advice from my heroes: How I turned AMAs into my secret weapon
I need help. We all do. But asking people for advice isn’t easy. With the amount of cold emails opening …
Nobody is going to build your startup
I stopped going to startup events a year ago because the harassment wouldn’t stop. After the small talk, the inevitable …