2017-02-21 04:59
I was recently asked by a startup CEO how he should think about hiring a Head of Product / VP of Product at his startup. Here’s what I shared with him.
Are you ready to hire a VP… Read More
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2017-01-24 03:19
You’re leading a brainstorming and prioritization session, and there are a dozen or more ideas on the white board. You could ask someone to pitch each idea, you could encoura… Read More
2017-01-17 05:11
I recently wrote about how Concierge MVPs work, and shared an example from my startup, GoodApril.
TL;DR: Concierge MVPs help prove out a new software product by offering customers a ser… Read More
2017-01-08 23:40
Do you want to know if customers really want what you’re building? Try selling it to them before you’ve built it, and you’ll know for sure. That’s the idea behin… Read More
2013-02-21 18:10
You don’t hear people talking about business plans very often these days. In my six months as Co-Founder of GoodApril (an early stage tax planning startup), I have yet to be aske… Read More
2013-02-01 05:51
I posted this answer today on Quora, in response to the question “Are Product Manager Future Entrepreneurs?”
As a former Product Manager, recently turned Entrepreneur, I&rsq&hell…Read More
2013-01-25 01:37
Imagine preparing for the SAT, only to find out three days before the test that it had been struck down, and was no longer required for entrance to college. That’s sorta what tod… Read More
2013-01-16 21:10
Benny Joseph and I were thrilled to have our startup, GoodApril, selected for an interview with Y Combinator (YC) for the Winter class of 2013. Getting into YC is competitive… Read More
2012-12-19 18:12
GoodApril is like Mint.com for personal income taxes.
If you’re like most Americans, you don’t know how much you owe in taxes until you file in April, and what’s worse, yo… Read More
2012-10-26 04:02
While there has been tremendous progress in the world of plug-and-play online credit card payments providers for web developers (see: Stripe, Card.io [now PayPal], Braintree, and o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Three weeks after we made our first contract-to-hire job offer at GoodApril, we pulled the plug. As a two-person startup, we recognize that making our next three hires will set the culture a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
AngelList is now a critical part of the startup toolkit. It helps emergent companies attract talent and investors, and apply to incubators. Learn how GoodApril was able to &ldquo&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This tractor trailer “semi” truck is stuck on the hill outside of our home in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. I feel a little bad for the driver, but this is… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In a Startup, Speed Matters When you’re just two guys with a big startup idea, you can’t afford to waste your time on “pretty good” product ideas. You have to m… Read More
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