Topics tagged operating-principles

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"I Psyoped Sam Parr" - BTS Notes on Winning Big Logos Early, Building in an Era When "SaaS Has Been Picked Over," and Why Community Is the Growth Channel of the Future with River's Co-Founder, Rae Lambert Heuristics and Hunches ai , operating-principles , product , pmf	0	102	March 7, 2025
Solving B2B Distribution with Viral, Persona-Focused Work Humor, Navigating Growth Plateaus, and Other Notes on Making Singular Bets with tl;dv’s Co-Founder, Raphael Allstadt Heuristics and Hunches founders-self , hiring , operating-principles , pmf , marketing-mix	1	502	April 2, 2024
“Sharing Our Experiences, Wins, and Lessons is Also Humbling. It Keeps Us Honest,” and Other Notes on Building a Customer-First, Bootstrapped Business with Canny’s Co-Founder, Sarah Hum Heuristics and Hunches culture , bootstrapping , product , operating-principles , pmf	0	659	February 9, 2024
Solving a Truly Universal Problem, Competing with Software Built in The 80s, SMB Notes from Xero, and Other Observations with Tallyfor’s Co-Founders, Peter and Ben Wen Heuristics and Hunches hiring , operating-principles , churn , competitive-markets	2	440	December 23, 2023
“No One Can Represent All Sides of an Argument Better Than You Can” and Other Instructive Notes on Early-Stage Product Marketing with Vanta’s VP of Marketing, Sarah Scharf Heuristics and Hunches customer-research , operators-series , operating-principles , product-marketing	2	937	September 8, 2023
Prioritizing Engineering Momentum over Accurate Timelines and Building on the Merits of a Car When Users Might Want Faster Horses with Compose’s Co-Founder, Rami Kalai Heuristics and Hunches competitive-markets , metrics , operating-principles , pmf , product	2	575	July 4, 2023
Interviewing 200 Prospects (and as Many End Users), Building a Quality/Quantity Waitlist, and Invaluable Lessons from Hotjar with trumpet’s Co-Founder, Rory Sadler Heuristics and Hunches customer-centricity , customer-research , culture , operating-principles , waitlist	2	648	June 12, 2023
Why “Charge More” is Way-Easier-Said-Than-Done Advice, and Other Data-Driven Pricing Lessons with Uizard’s Co-Founder, Tony Beltramelli Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , pricing , segmentation	2	740	May 22, 2023
Pivoting from a Promising Idea, Getting to Default Alive, and Building for/Selling to Developers with Onboardbase’s Founder, Dante Lex Heuristics and Hunches pivots , fundraising , operating-principles , dev-tools , default-alive	4	1242	May 3, 2023
Why “Move Fast and Break Things” is Outdated Advice, Prioritizing Quality and Speed, and Crossing 15K Users with Jam’s Co-Founder, Dani Grant Heuristics and Hunches pmf , product , operating-principles	2	927	April 28, 2023
“It Takes a Lot of Listening Up-Front” and Other Must-Dos of Placing Community at the Core of Building and Selling with Harlow’s Co-Founder, Samantha Anderl Heuristics and Hunches community , customer-feedback , product , operating-principles	2	881	April 11, 2023
“In B2B, Don’t Just Know Your TAM, Ask How Many Users Will Likely Become Experts” and Other Essential Reminders with Dragonboat’s Founder, Becky Flint Heuristics and Hunches product , pmf , operating-principles	1	941	March 7, 2023
PostHog, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap - what Data Driven Product Development actually looks like What Am I Missing product , operating-principles	3	855	February 14, 2023
"No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023 Heuristics and Hunches founders-self , pmf , operating-principles , constraints	1	1402	February 13, 2023
SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	1	1676	January 22, 2023
Finding (and Navigating) the Middle Ground Between a Hypergrowth Startup and a Lifestyle Business with Sudowrite’s Co-Founder, Amit Gupta Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	2	1062	January 12, 2023
Things That Matter During Any Crisis, Developing a Combination of Muscle Memory and Scar Tissue, and Other Earnest Founder Missives to Probe the Current SaaS Moment Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , founders-self	0	958	June 9, 2022
Designing Thoughtful Workweeks, Decisions, and Feedback at an Async-First Workplace with Panther’s Co-Founder, Matt Redler Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , culture , async , founders-self , working-remotely	2	1244	December 1, 2022
Aiming for a "Won-and-Done" Category, Acquiring a Newsletter before Making the Product Public, and The Merits of Being Async-First with Loops’ Co-Founder, Chris Frantz Heuristics and Hunches crowded-markets , product , operating-principles , async , working-remotely	2	873	October 19, 2022
Iterating Minimum Viable Funnels, Evolving Freemium for Reach and Focus, and Other Growth Lessons with Sendspark’s Co-Founder, Bethany Stachenfeld Heuristics and Hunches freemium , growth , experimentation , operating-principles	2	1021	August 10, 2022
Bringing Early Adopters on to the Cap Table, Being COOs of Potential Users, and Other Community-First Ways of Building with Passionfroot’s Co-Founder, Jennifer Phan Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , community	2	938	August 9, 2022
(Calmly) Competing Against HubSpot and Mailchimp as a One-Person Team with Bento’s Founder, Jesse Hanley Heuristics and Hunches product , operating-principles , bootstrapping , founders-self	4	1735	June 27, 2022
“How We Deleted a 1/3rd of Our Product and Made it 10x Better” with Arrows’ co-founder, Daniel Zarick Heuristics and Hunches product , operating-principles , customer-centricity	4	1827	June 22, 2022
Adopting the Collaborative Operating System, Confronting a Common Leadership Error, and Fixing the “Untrained Muscle” of Alignment with Plum’s Co-Founder, Caitlin MacGregor Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , founders-self , culture	2	1913	June 7, 2022
Hey-oh! 🤠 I'm Josh Founder CEO of Referral Rock AMA AMAs customer-centricity , hiring , culture , operating-principles , working-remotely , bootstrapping	33	3042	June 3, 2022
Pivoting Despite PMF, Why You Don’t Need Top Talent across Functions, and Other People-first Insights with Eduflow’s Co-Founder, David Kofoed Wind Heuristics and Hunches pivots , pmf , hiring , operating-principles	2	1231	May 17, 2022
Setting up Finance as an Impact Multiplier, Defining Your Own Metrics for Success, and Other Strategic Lessons from Knak’s Head of Finance, Christopher Chan Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , operators-series , finance	0	1005	April 28, 2022
Setting Up Engineering for Growth: The Workflows and Culture That Drove 1500% YoY Growth with Tara AI’s Co-Founder, Iba Masood Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , product , growth , engineering	3	2975	April 27, 2022
Reexamining the Revered Superhuman Onboarding, and Other Product-First Lessons in Scaling SaaS with Sunsama’s Founder, Ashutosh Priyadarshy Heuristics and Hunches operating-principles , product , pricing , founders-self	2	1904	April 25, 2022
I'm Aye Moah, CEO and Co-founder of Boomerang. AMA about building a profitable, bootstrapped category-creating company AMAs product-led-growth , co-founders , operating-principles , bootstrapping , founders-self	26	3884	April 13, 2022