If you are just starting out with an idea, you will hear the same advice again and again: build an MVP. Build it lean. Build an MSP—a minimum sellable product. I give clients that advice too. But an MVP is not a shortcut to success. Plenty of teams build one, launch it, and still end up with very few users. When I suggest looking at market response, analytics, and competitors, the usual reply is:...
Whether you are building a product from scratch or revamping an existing one, one piece of advice I have is to never build for perfection. It took me a while to change my attitude towards building the best products and building successful products. We often assume they mean the same thing. But a product can meet every expectation you had for it and still do very little for the people using it...
Often we think that a better negotiator, come with better negotiation skills. That’s not entirely true. A better negotiator is often the one with better control over their emotions. While negotiating, I have in many cases felt the need to close the deal with some compromises. Not because they were the the best deals, but because I was afraid of losing something. The fear of losing the deal...