Version One is just the start.
I've spent years thinking about how products evolve and what separates the ones that last from the ones that fade. The pattern I keep coming back to: the best products don't launch complete. They launch with a sharp insight and earn the right to grow. Weirdly, this post sat in my drafts for a long time and while I was listening to the “The Infinity Machine” by Sebastian Mallaby these past few days, I realized the time had come to publish. I wrote about the iPhone, Kindle, Echo, Netflix and the one incomplete idea we're all living inside right now.
The Age of Product Builders
The era of product builders is here. You have by now heard of the industry shift to full-stack product builders. Why does this matter and how can you retool for this era?
There is an app for that. For you. By you.
Generic apps aren't going anywhere. Most of the time they work fine. But when they don't—when you need something specific, when you're tired of bending your workflow to fit someone else's vision?
Just build it. Afternoon project. Done.
My thoughts and experiments on building my own apps.
A New Chapter
I am excited to kickstart my advisory and mentorship on this auspicious day of Vijayadashami.
Frankly my dear, give a damn!
Why investing and doubling down on product quality is the best way to deliver customer value and increase the chances of success.
The Constraint Advantage: Using Limits to Build Great Products
Building compelling new products takes innovation, an obsession to deliver customer value and a little bit of luck. It also requires a few crisply articulated and well understood constraints to help teams anchor themselves. History is littered with examples of great innovation, a healthy obsession with customer value, lots of luck and yet few really successful products. Read on to see why constraints make a lthe difference.
