West Stringfellow Aug 7, 2018 “Even when they don’t yet know it, customers want something better, and your desire to delight customers will drive you to invent…
Awesome Startup Credits
A collection of awesome companies offering free/discounted plans for eligible startups. In order to be eligible for free credits or a discounted startup plan,…
How Basecamp’s DHH Got to Be Great at What He Does
I recently spoke with David Heinemeier Hansson who’s best known as the creator of Ruby on Rails and the Founder & CTO of Basecamp. He also wrote two best…
7 Top CEOs on the One Thing That Makes Their Mornings More Productive – Thrive Global
Do you wake up and check your email while your eyes are still half closed? If so, you might want to rethink your morning routine. The early hours of the day set…
Innovation Isn’t All Fun and Games — Creativity Needs Discipline
Idea in Brief The Frustration The conventional wisdom is that successful innovation depends on providing an environment where there’s a tolerance for failure…
How I learned to suck less at GTD – Ambition & Balance
How I learned to suck less at GTD Like so many before me, I’ve tried and failed at GTD more times than I can count. This is how I finally made it stick. Becky…
A Mindful Approach To Task Management
At Asana, we strive to practice mindfulness in our approach to all the work we do. In this post, Kimberly Snodgrass, Executive Assistant to Justin Rosenstein,…
Optimize These 3 Areas in Your Life for Highest Productivity
Answer by Justin Rosenstein , co-founder of Asana, on Quora . I’m a software developer, designer, and entrepreneur. I’m the co-founder of Asana , team…
How to balance full-time work with creative projects – The Creative Independent
November 27, 2018 Part of: Making time for creative work Finding balance Staying on track Having a day job Copied link to guide! Be honest about your 9 to 5…
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
Have you ever heard of SEMA ? It’s a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don’t follow that link! It will take you about…
The Power of Research: How We Grew Traffic on The Canva Blog By 226.47% In 60 Days
What do you do when you start a blog? Most people jump right in. They choose a theme, browse around for awesome plugins, set up Mailchimp and do all this other……
Why the world needs deep generalists, not specialists
You should hire a polymath but you probably won’t find one. Originally published on JOTFORM.COM It was a meeting of the minds — three of the world’s most…
In Pursuit of Production Minimalism — Brandur Leach
While working at Lockheed during the cold war, KellyJohnson was reported to have coined KISS (“keep itsimple, stupid”); a principle that suggests glibly…
How to PRIORITIZE: My New System for Planning My Weeks | Gillian Perkins
How to Prioritize: My New System for Planning My Weeks A couple months ago I posted a video about “ How I Organize My Life ” that ended up becoming one of my…
Run less software – Inside Intercom
by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom It’s hard to win a battle you don’t realise you’re in. It’s even harder if you don’t know all of…
Entropy of Social Networks: Why they all go bad – Anshu Sharma – Medium
Yes, we have a new social network and I am a proud profile carrying member of the new elite created by an artificial scarcity of invites. A technique now pretty…
Intro to the YC Seed Deck
Demo Day for our Winter 2018 batch is a week from today. We’re largely focused on preparing companies for their on-stage presentations, but are also working…
How to Design a Better Pitch Deck
The following is an adaption of a presentation I give to YC startups before we have them create their presentation slide decks for Demo Day. Here’s how to make…
Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling | Aerogramme Writers’ Studio
Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling were originally tweeted by Emma Coats , Pixar’s Story Artist. Number 9 on the list – When you’re stuck, make a list of what…
How we built Hamiltix.net for less than $1 a month on AWS
The details of running a complex ticket ranking site for under a dollar a month on AWS Ok not quite $1… After the free-tier expires it will be less than $5,…