@ViktorThulin@ViktorThulin Thank you for sharing your experience in such detail. Incredible stuff from a 2 person team.
Have you made a playbook or maybe an even more automated/agentic process for launch/marketing/GTM of your SaaS products?
No code tools are not only powering new and early stage startups they are also revolutionizing internal processes in companies. Have a problem you and your co-workers face often? Learn some no-code tools and gift your team a solution.
One crucial part of the early stage startup journey which can make or break the company is how the first few members of the team will get along with each other.
Trying to replicate the in-office synchronous working styles in remote is the biggest source of stress today but switching to async work is not easy. Some of the best ideas comes from Gitlab one of the OGs in all remote working. Check https://t.co/WNRvrHXIRD.
Consistency bias - the desire to always appear consistent to what one has said or done in the past even when doing so is detrimental. One of the reasons why people stick to life defining choices, like career and relationships, which make them unhappy.
You cannot improve what you cannot measure. This old adage is very true for product management and product managers. However, the ability to define what needs to be measured is not as easy as the saying.
People often change deep rooted unwanted behaviors after a near-death or life-changing experience e.g. smoking. The covid pandemic has been a similar experience for the human collective. There is most probably no time in recent history when humanity has been more open to change.
Right from no-code tools to developer SaaS products, there has never been as many tools to get your startup off the ground. Also, the best of the tools are free for very early stage startups. Checkout https://t.co/qgvT2GhDYB .
After I started https://t.co/xk3ZF0UnCF the biggest change I have seen in my work habits is that I have completely stopped counting the hours. Almost everything I do is to ensure that Klaar remains a viable business for as long as possible.
Trying to work remotely in the same way you did in-office work is fundamentally flawed. You are at home and donβt need to wait till the end of work day to spend time with family. Remote work could be the best thing for work-life balance.
The ability to review ones own decisions against popular cognitive biases is one of the most underrated skills. The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, one of the easiest and quickest reads about cognitive biases.
In product management circles there is less than required focus on the under the hood stuff like performance, latency, device coverage. The best product managers realize that these are also βproductβ, anything the user experiences is βproductβ.
People often wait for a βgoodβ idea to strike them before they take the entrepreneurial leap. However, most startups pivot multiple times before they become something viable. Slack was born out of the internal communication struggles of a game development company.
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@XavierHelgesen In early 2009, a friend a I discussed about mining bitcoin. I had, what was then, a top of the line Dell Inspiron with a GPU. But then I decided it was not worth it. ππ€£
The needle has moved too far to come back.
Meetings β> async comm
Micromanagement β> trust
Stuck in traffic β> time w family
Asking around β> documentation
# hours worked β> outcome focus
Small talk β> intentional bonding time
Office centric life β> personal life centric work