Nick Black

I'm a tech founder and CPO who helps startups find their focus.

[Nick Black @nick_b]

Just uploaded "July Dubs" to @mixcloud https://t.co/jza6uwx32j Tune in now!

[Nick Black @nick_b]

Just uploaded "Deep, melodic techno to energise your mind and body" to @mixcloud https://t.co/ZZRGQkmZ5Z Tune in now!

[Nick Black @nick_b]

Just uploaded "Deep Techno to Elevate Your Soul" to @mixcloud https://t.co/Ki6GElYK0O Tune in now!

[Nick Black @nick_b]

New show "Nick Black - Melodic Techno and Deep House" up now at https://t.co/hJpWRn3X6e Check it out now!

[Nick Black @nick_b]

"In software, intellectual property (IP) is not typically an effective strategy. Software moves too quickly and the patents don’t really stick." Truth from @JamesCurrier

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@gibsonbiddle Amazing! @benedictevans latest newsletter talked about Netflix tech being a commodity. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. How can tech that becomes a commodity help create lasting power (in the 7 powers sense)?

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@HSBC_UK I just switched to have my salary paid to Monzo because of 1) headlines re HSBC / Ukraine 2) your app wasn’t working this morning. This how churn happens. Took me 2 mins.

[Teresa Torres @ttorres]

Big news in the product world today. Pendo bought Mind the Product.

Huge shout out to @bfgmartin @James_Mayes @simplybastow @simoncast @emilytate and the rest of the MTP crew.

Thank you for all that you've done for the product community. I can't wait to see what's next.

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@gibsonbiddle Appreciate you linking this to your strategy framework. It’s often tough for startups to grasp the need to serve a small specific problem whilst ensuring that problem leads to a big market. I struggled to explain this clearly to my own product teams as we scaled. You nailed it!

[Nick Black @nick_b]

Utterly stunned to hear @farmdrop is shutting down. What went wrong? No lack of demand it seems. Biz model wouldn’t scale?

[Nick Black @nick_b]

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[Balaji @balajis]

Pretty impressed with the level of effort that went into this. Web3 moves fast, but this 165 page magnum opus by @MessariCrypto is today's single best snapshot of the entire space.

If you understand everything in here, you are up to speed.
https://t.co/qTBRjt4xXR

[Bretton Putter @BrettonPutter]

@nick_b has written a brilliant hand #book for founders who need to hire the right #productmanager, the first time. As an ex recruiter I wish I had read this 10 years ago!

https://t.co/pYZOiT9GP7

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@farmdrop your app has become totally unusable. Keep telling support but not sure if it gets through. Happy to supply details. I love your service, but I am a churn risk right now.

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@fdestin Seems like a neat definition of product market fit.

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@marthie You mean like this?

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@gibsonbiddle It’s the basis of much of the coaching work i do with startups. An amazing resource.

[Nick Black @nick_b]

@djjjfrost Amazing set. The kids were loving it. Had to hold mine back from joining you in the booth.

[Onsi @weareonsi]

We’re over the moon to announce that we’ve raised an extra £6 million led by @NFX, with @PeteFlint joining our board!

Catch the full story in @CityAM - thanks @GhouriFarah for the fantastic feature! 👇https://t.co/mpud6BYYTj

[Nick Black @nick_b]

I spend too much time fiddling with Airtable and faffing with Figma.

What do you do that stops you from finding your focus?

[Nick Black @nick_b]

It's been so much fun taking 20 startups through courses about Finding Value and Finding Fit. More deep-dive workshops coming in August!