Remembering Daniel Kahneman—and why so many in the startup community admired him.
This week, the startup and academic worlds mourn the loss of Daniel Kahneman, the pioneering psychologist and Nobel laureate behind the groundbreaking book Thinking, Fast & Slow. Kahneman’s work, in partnership with Amos Tversky, challenged the notion of humans as rational decision-makers, laying the foundations for behavioral economics. This shift not only spurred a new economic theory, known as Prospect Theory, but also influenced countless entrepreneurs and business leaders to reevaluate decision-making processes.
Non-Technical Founders approach MVPs the wrong way—learn the right way to launch.
The Minimum-Viable Product, or MVP, is a concept popularized by Eric Ries in his 2011 book Lean Startup. While popular usage of the term has changed a bit from Eric’s original meaning, the core concept remains the same: the MVP is the minimum level of work-product that we can test in the marketplace. Most founders get this wrong.
Demystifying Agile for the non-technical founder—learn the difference between “Agile” and “Waterfall”.
Agile Development has become a bit of a buzzword. You’re unlikely to find a single development team in corporate, freelance, agency, or studio contexts that doesn’t consider themselves “Agile” these days (with the noted exception of domains like Aerospace and the Military where minor errors can cost people’s lives). Its ubiquitousness has made it difficult to pinpoint exactly what Agile is and isn’t. This article fixes that.
Developers, Designers, and PMs, Oh My! Understanding the different kinds of Nerds.
Product teams involve cooperation between several different roles, each with unique responsibilities. For our purposes here, we’ll refer to each of these roles as if we had a separate person filling them. In reality, there’s nothing wrong with one person fulfilling several, or even all of these roles. Instead think of them as distinct sets of responsibility—and ideally expertise.
7 Top Takeaways and Trend Predictions from the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference (BHT2023)
7 Top Takeaways and Trend Predictions from the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference (BHT2023) Last week, we attended the BHT2023 summit in Phoenix, AZ. The
BTH 2023 — Must-See Talks and Networking Event for Mental HealthTech Founders
BHT 2023 — Must-See Talks and Networking Events for Mental HealthTech Founders BHT2023 is a promising event bringing together the best and brightest innovators in the