Startup Mistakes
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Managers Mistake #1
“Criticism is often met with 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Instead, understanding and patience can lead to more positive outcomes.” – this is in the first chapter of “How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie Especially if you are a manager, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞. On my experience I’ve seen that criticism rarely leads to positive Continue reading
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The Hidden Time-Wasters in Tech Meetings: My 2,000-Hour Insight
Since I began my career in tech, I’ve spent over 1,000 hours in technical meetings. I’ve seen two frequent issues often lead to longer meetings: 1: Topic Switching In some companies, topic switching was almost unconscious. A planned 15-minute meeting can stretch to 30, and finally to 45, as we drift into unrelated topics. 2: Continue reading
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CEOs mistake #1
When I worked with a CEO who had big dreams and a great vision, he tried to use that vision to motivate people to do more. But in the end, it was all about him. He wanted to win and forgot to include others in that winning, so no one could fit into his vision. Continue reading
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It’s not about you, it’s about ME
The other day on the train, I overheard a couple arguing nearby. Despite my ear pods, I caught one phrase: “It’s not about you, it’s about ME.” This made me think about startups how our products shouldn’t be about us, but about our customers. They don’t care how much time we’ve spent; they care about Continue reading
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Startups Common Mistake #2
When Thomas Edison was developing the phonograph, he didn’t wait until he had a perfect model. He created a rough prototype and immediately started demonstrating it to the public. These early demonstrations were crucial. They provided feedback that helped Edison understand what worked and what didn’t, allowing him to refine his invention. The public’s reactions Continue reading
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Startups Common Mistake #1
With a decade of experience working in more than 15 mobile startups, I realize that in most of them we have built, in most cases, unnecessary features which were not requested by users or were not tested via MVF (minimum viable feature) before. Those features were either not acknowledged at all by users or were Continue reading
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