RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.| A Smart Bear
You're afraid that looking like being a small company means you'll lose sales. It's actually the opposite -- you're alienating your best customers.| A Smart Bear
Customers love you when you're honest, even about your foibles. We forgive honest mistakes from earnest people, not stolid, cold, inhuman corporations.| A Smart Bear
Freemium model flaws: High costs, low conversion. Treat it as a marketing expense to ensure ROI.| A Smart Bear
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When to prioritize individual autonomy, and when to standardize for global optimization.| A Smart Bear
Luck always plays a role in startups, but there are ways to better capture upside and mitigate downside.| A Smart Bear
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents do not apply in AI as they did in previous technology revolutions like mobile and the Internet. Ignore this at your peril.| A Smart Bear
Even Facebook and Slack did not grow "exponentially," as frequently described. Here is the correct model that you can use to understand and affect growth.| A Smart Bear