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2016-10-18

What if there isn't another 10x?

What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine your true impact on the world?

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2016-07-14

What is Good Product Strategy?

Note: This blog post is from 2016! My latest and improved thinking on Product Strategy can be found in my book Escaping the Build Trap and at our courses at...

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2016-01-08

O wojnie medialnej. Z innej strony.

Lubię Michała i lubię to, co pisze.Kolejny, bardzo ciekawy, fajnie napisany tekst, z którym mógłbym się zgodzić w całej rozciągłości gdyby nie to, że w mojej ocenie, w walce o...

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Verge interview at CES 2016

2025 Note - Behind the scenes, Pebble was a mess. We were about to do a layoff and enter the final year…

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2015-09-29

Refutation: An acquisition is always a failure

Independent or acquired, companies always evolve, and not always for the better. Smart exits can create opportunities for everyone involved.

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2013-10-07

Why I don't like the LTV metric (LifeTime Value)

The LTV metric overcomplicates and misleads. Learn why you should use other SaaS metrics instead.

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2013-08-06

COC: A new metric for measuring cancellations in SaaS business models

Introducing COC: The true cost of cancellations in a scaling SaaS business.

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2013-01-23

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2013-01-09

Verge interview at CES 2013

2025 Note - probably the last video of me without a beard!

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2012-06-20

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2012-05-18

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2012-05-01

Which is better: Many customers at low price-point or few at high price?

Which is better: Two companies have the same revenue, one from a few large customers and the other from many little customers

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2012-04-11

Introducing Pebble - Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

Our first Kickstarter launch! Check out the Hacker News thread for some lively discussion

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2012-02-02

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2011-12-12

Hiring Employee #1

If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down, and identify someone who is going to work well in your...

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2011-11-29

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2011-10-04

Candid experiences starting a hardware startup

2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched Pebble on Kickstarter. I was 4 years into…

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2011-09-26

Ballad of The Lean Startup

An ode to validated learning.

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2011-02-18

2010-10-11

If you build it, they won't come, unless…

A/B tests and accumulating Twitter followers is not a marketing strategy, just as "we'll use salt and cheese" isn't a recipe.

10 clicks (10 unique) 14 years ago

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