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What Are The Most Important Metrics for a SAAS Company?
From my notes on the Y-Combinator talk by Anu Hariharan #LearnInPublic #LearnByWriting 🚨 tl;dr: SAAS company growth is best measured through MRR (monthly recurring revenue), ARR

How to Talk to Users
I recently watched this talk by Eric Migicovsky at Y-Combinator on how to talk to users. Here are my notes. 👾 Initial thoughts from Sean

Four Questions to Ask When Evaluating a Startup Idea
What problem am I trying to solve? This is the place all startups um…start. If you are building a startup you are solving a problem–it’s

How to make friends as an adult
A short handbook from someone who is awful at making friends When I originally wrote this, I had no intention of publishing it. Instead, my

Why people fail at making big life changes
Personal change has two parts, but we only pay attention to one Behavior vs Evaluation Let’s say you want to change something about yourself. You

What Enterprise-Sales Metrics Do Investors Care About Most?
From my notes on the Y-Combinator talk by Anu Hariharan #LearnInPublic #LearnByWriting 🚨 tl;dr: An enterprise model for a startup means that your startup is

If You Want to Persuade, Frame Things as Experience
Think about a purchase that has improved your life in a significant way. For me, it’s my Boston Terrier pup Octavian. The experiences I’ve had

Boiled Potato Diet
In a study dating all the way back to 1995, called “A Satiety Index of Common Foods,” dozens of different foods were compared to see

Gamify Your Startup to Motivate Your Team
A secret weapon to get your team passionate about their jobs The promise of metrics has failed We all want our companies to be data-driven.