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Books I’m reading (2013) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
A friend asked me what I was reading this year, so I wanted to share the sorta tech/nerd related ones at least, along with a quick blurb about what they are: The Little Kingdom. Michael Moritz, in hi...
Constrained media: How disappearing photos, 6 second videos, and 140 characters are conquering the world 5 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
Constrained Media. It’s an innovative category of products that ask invite users to create content on a platform, but with arbitrary constraints- Twitter’s 140 character is perhaps the most famous exa...
The highest ROI way to increase signups: Make a minimal homepage (Guest Post) 29 Jul 2013 | 11:07 pm
Mattan Griffel has written some great essays on user growth over at Growhack, and you can follow him on Twitter at @mattangriffel. In particular I’m fond of his essay The Minimal Homepage, which stat...
9 ways a billion dollar new mobile company might be created (Guest Post) 17 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
My good friend Bubba Murarka recently started blogging over at bubba.vc. He’s now a Managing Director at DFJ and tweeting at @bubbam. Prior to DFJ, he headed up Facebook’s Android efforts, and is an e...
Mobile traction is getting harder, not easier. Here’s why. 10 Jul 2013 | 03:36 am
The “classic” growth formula for mobile is broken Once upon a time, the formula for getting mobile traction was something like this: Build something insanely great Get Apple/Google to feature you, ...
Why you can’t find a technical co-founder (Guest Post) 25 Jun 2013 | 10:45 pm
This is a guest post by a friend of mine on email marketing. Elizabeth Yin is the CEO and a co-founder of LaunchBit, an ad network for email newsletters. Previously, she worked at startups and Google...
How to grow your app revenue with DuPont analysis (Guest post) 17 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
About the author: Kenton wrote this fantastic piece about analyzing in-app revenue, drawing from his work experience at both Zynga, where he runs their mobile poker product, and before that, Google. Y...
New college grads: Don’t sell your time for a living 3 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
If there’s one thing I could tell every graduating student, this is what I’d say: Jobs suck. At least the traditional version of a job, in which you do something you sorta hate, from 9-5p, and are pai...
I’m training new Growth Hackers. Email me. 20 May 2013 | 11:46 pm
Short version If you’re an engineer or designer looking for a new role, and interested in working with me- please send me a note and introduce yourself. (You don’t have to be in the Bay Area). Here’s ...
Does your product suck? Stop adding new features and “zoom in” instead 16 May 2013 | 11:32 pm
[Adapted from an answer I wrote on Quora, and thought I'd share it on my blog too.] Adding a lot more features won’t save your product Everyone’s worked on a product it’s failing despite a ton of work...
