background preloader

Skills - S&B

Facebook Twitter

Business model - S&B

Generalists. Product Management - S&B. Distribution - S&B. 6 Skills Every Startup Team Needs. So many tech startups begin the same way: One founder, one dream and a plan to make it happen.

6 Skills Every Startup Team Needs

Most businesses stay that way - there are many more solo entrepreneurs than business owners with employees. But to succeed, most startups need a much broader set of skills and experience. If you intend to build a scalable business, you know you can’t do it alone. Working smarter. Usually I go to sleep not knowing what feature or bug I'm going to work on the next day.

Working smarter

I have a huge list of major and minor projects all vying for attention. So how do I decide what do work on? I agree that a startup should focus on working smarter (as opposed to just harder). I'm the first to admit though that I don't have a particularly scientific or even spelled out process on how to do so, but the following are the principles I generally try to apply. First, I like to tie everything back to distribution, i.e. people using your product. Productivity: How can I increase my productivity on my side projects at the end of the day when I'm tired from work.

CEO - S&B

Writing skills - S&B. Data management - S&B. Design - S&B.