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🎯 I am a: serial entrepreneur, mom, leadership coach, indie builder and diy-er.
🔥 passions: product management, women in tech, startups, AI, leadership
🚀 my path: developer → CTO → startup CEO → exit → VP PM → brain injury → consultant/coach
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I'll always stop my scroll for a picture of a garden. 🤣
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Great diagram Emily - well done!
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Absolutely - and too often, when trying to go faster, the last thing we want to do is pause.
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That's too funny.
I'd go with secret sabotage. 🤣
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I would take this one step more - sometimes a pause is just what is needed to get to the next gear.
(Too bad not too many people drive cars with manual transmissions anymore to get this. 🏁🚗)
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Thanks so much!
I'd love to see there be more product discussions here!
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That's just wrong. 🙈
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Being in a workshop without any mention of AI?
That's rare these days! 🤣
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YES - The no-reply email is a pet peeve of mine too.
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If only people used their own products... What a better world it would be!
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Great topic Marissa - timing won't work for me, but looking forward to seeing what you do next.
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Hi David - I just saw this (from the CTC group).
I talk product here (mostly leadership topics).
I'd appreciate it if you add me to the starter pack!
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Leaders measuring "productivity" metrics of a tech team are putting their focus in the wrong place.
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I am an example of a user who was super active on Twitter (pre-Elon) and sadly watched the platform de-evolve into what it is today.
The biggest unmet need for me here on BS, is to get the same level of targeted interaction around my post.
I took a break, and am trying again here.
We shall see!
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You are making me want to find an old myspace-era page and plop my name on it as webmaster. 🤣
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I agree.
Everyone wants to be on the team that wins.
And working well together as a team is a big part of that.
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I have the opposite problem - I create a very obvious directory structure, every time I have something to store.
Except, every type of thing, is in it's own structure, new, each time.
So, I have about 5 places for images for my newsletter, etc.
Today is the day when I attempt to sort it.
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I love your last bullet here David.
"Act to help them succeed, not to do their job for them."
I agree, when a leader oversteps on delegation, they achieve the opposite of what they want.
The team becomes MORE dependent on them, not less.
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Absolutely, the amount of context that is necessary for a large codebase is a limiting factor.
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Any time you think you can throw something over a wall for someone to maintain, that doesn't work long-term.
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Great tip Martin.
My favorite tip (and one that I still struggle to follow), is to write first, edit later.
It's the perfectionist in me that makes it hard to NOT fix it as I go.
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Thanks - I've been starting with some long form content.
My newsletter for Saturday is written, and I'm just wrapping up a carousel post to go along with it for LinkedIn.
I'm starting with the longer form first, so I can develop it more before posting.
I'm looking forward to the shift.
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Yeah, commuting after not needing to feels like a colossal waste of time.
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I’ve worked from home since 2001 (not a typo).
I have long joked that I am unemployable in the standard sense of being an employee.
That said, there have been periods where I missed the camaraderie of being in an office setting.
I solve that by visiting my consulting client’s offices.
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Congrats! What are the biggest things you learned through the process?
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I had a brain injury that took me “off the grid” for 3 years.
When returning to work and my professional life, building a personal brand was at the top of my priority list.
The benefits of doing this were astounding.
And, it’s never too late to start.
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That should be fun Euan!
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Great point - there are so many more meaningful successes to acknowledge beyond “I got promoted” or “I now work at XYZ corp.”
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Great point Jason.
The entrepreneurs who walk about EVERYTHING that they've built, typically bores investors and customers.
Learning to talk about benefits rather than features helps a lot.
Talking about what it can do for you, rather than what it does.
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My first day of taking my first computer science class at CMU as an undergrad - the professor couldn't get the setup to work - so he yanked the computer out, walked to the side door that was a few stories up, and chucked the computer down to the ground.
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Well put Cody.