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Surviving SVB 😰😕😅

The SaaS Baton • 78 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
💼 Business Startups Management Recruiting Transparency Product-Market Fit
  1. Surviving a crisis like the SVB chaos requires staying solution-oriented, generating multiple outcomes, and reaching out for support.
  2. In the early days, focusing too much on Product-Led Growth (PLG) without testing through outbound sales can be risky.
  3. Transparency in recruiting, from defining assessments to sharing feedback, can lead to better alignment with candidates and improvement in the hiring process.

How to become a Self-Driving Car Engineer in 2023

What's AI Newsletter by Louis-François Bouchard • 78 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Accessibility Cybersecurity Ethics Automation AI
  1. To become a self-driving car engineer, leverage AI and automation to streamline workflows and boost productivity.
  2. Becoming a self-driving car engineer involves diving into the industry, understanding LiDAR technology, and debunking myths.
  3. Developing self-driving cars raises ethical concerns regarding safety, liability, data privacy, and accessibility, requiring collaboration across various stakeholders.

"No PM, no problem"

The SaaS Baton • 78 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
💼 Business Profitability Hiring practices Product-Market Fit Remote work
  1. Sometimes having zero product/project managers can lead to faster feature shipping and more engaged developers.
  2. Consider hiring contractors before employees to save on salaries and gain access to specialist talents.
  3. In assessing product-market fit, look for metrics like revenue, conversion rates, and NPS, and focus on fixing the most challenging aspect for improvement.
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Mobile cybersecurity advice

Cybersect • 78 implied HN points • 29 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Journalism Mobile devices Cybersecurity Privacy
  1. Non-tech journalists may misinterpret tech advice by assuming premises and seeking confirmation rather than prompting for refutation.
  2. Cybersecurity is about tradeoffs, not following simple hygiene guides, but updating critical software and avoiding password reuse.
  3. Monitoring and controlling location tracking on apps is crucial, along with considering the minimal impact of power cycling on security against attacks.

The Tricky Economics of Obsolescence

Fight to Repair • 78 implied HN points • 05 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Legislation Consumerism Repairability Sustainability
  1. Planned obsolescence is deeply rooted in our economic systems; addressing it requires a larger systemic approach rather than just focusing on eliminating it.
  2. Repair activities offer a practical way to understand broader economic issues of consumerism, waste, and sustainability by extending the lifespan of goods and reducing environmental impact.
  3. Some governments, like France, are taking action against planned obsolescence, but challenges remain in enforcing laws and shifting from a throw-away culture to a repair mindset.

How I Built This In Public: Khe Hy

Build In Public Newsletter • 78 implied HN points • 14 Apr 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Marketing Personal Development Public Relations Productivity
  1. Start building in public early in your startup journey to share your progress and attract a community.
  2. Building in public can lead to personal and professional benefits like creating a supportive community and demonstrating your work.
  3. Overcome hesitations about building in public by adding transparency and sharing both successes and challenges.

Save The World My Ass

Stove Top • 78 implied HN points • 09 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Economics Culture Politics Venture Capital AI
  1. AI isn't going to save the world as some claim, with arguments against its impact on jobs and inequality.
  2. Progressivism is more of the default in society, with conservatism being viewed as an obstacle to change.
  3. Being open to being cringy can be a powerful tool for building an online audience by not caring about others' opinions.

Free tickets, scholarships, discounts & more🔥

Black Tech Pipeline • 78 implied HN points • 09 May 23
💼 Business Scholarships Events Opportunities
  1. Opportunities for free tickets, scholarships, and discounts are available for upcoming tech events and workshops
  2. Black Tech Pipeline offers scholarships for Rails Camp 2023 in O'ahu, Hawaii, covering lodging, meals, and more
  3. Participate in events like the Veeva Systems Twitter Space event to connect with potential employers for remote work opportunities

About Data User Experience

timo's substack • 78 implied HN points • 28 Sep 23
🕹 Technology User Experience Metadata Data Analytics
  1. Agile approach works for quick insights but can fail for user experience
  2. Data user experience includes utility, usability, findability, credibility, desirability, and accessibility
  3. Improving data user experience involves naming conventions, SQL style guides, ownership clarity, metadata, architecture, data consistency, and regular user feedback

How to empower your team through autonomy, mastery and purpose

Effective Software Leads • 78 implied HN points • 25 Sep 23
💼 Business Mastery Autonomy Employee Motivation Leadership
  1. Empower your team by involving them in decision-making and letting them contribute to the team's goals and projects
  2. Provide your team with autonomy by giving them the freedom to choose how they approach tasks and make decisions
  3. Empower your team by giving them opportunities to work on stretch projects that challenge and help them grow, and by connecting their work to a larger purpose

Tracking/Measurement/Collection/Creation - what was the question again?

timo's substack • 78 implied HN points • 26 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Data Collection Data Engineering Analytics Data Privacy
  1. Finding a niche involves identifying what you enjoy and what is consistently needed in your projects.
  2. Tracking data is easily understood, but may have a negative reputation due to its association with web tracking practices.
  3. Measurement is a broader term than tracking, and data collection is often overlooked in the data engineering process.

Startups.email - Issue #4

startupsemail • 78 implied HN points • 05 May 23
💼 Business Platforms Startups SaaS Technology Entrepreneurship
  1. Building a business with a huge platform risk can lead to high success chances, even though it comes with potential downsides.
  2. Businesses heavily dependent on popular platforms like Notion, Airtable, or Shopify can tap into a large user base and market.
  3. Examples like Notion Forms, Datafetcher, and Wildmetrics show that businesses with high platform risks can achieve substantial monthly recurring revenues.

July 2023

Product Composition • 78 implied HN points • 21 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Data Management Design Startup AI
  1. Decipad is launching its beta version, focusing on making sense of numbers in a dynamic way
  2. AI in the industry should prioritize collapsing data to enhance clarity and facilitate action-taking
  3. The future of jobs is facing a drastic shift, with issues around productivity, social contracts, asymmetrical compensation, and poor job descriptions

Oscilloscope measurements

Only Wonder Knows • 78 implied HN points • 14 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Tools Measurements Equipment Electronics
  1. Oscilloscopes have been crucial tools in electronics for a long time, helping engineers understand and test signal changes.
  2. Digital oscilloscopes offer advanced features like horizontal position adjustment, holdoff function, and memory segmentation for better measurement control.
  3. Trigger modes on oscilloscopes, like 'auto' and 'normal,' serve different purposes in displaying and analyzing traces.

S&T - Bret Victor, Realtalk and the ‘laboratory of the future’ vision [updated with proposal]

James W. Phillips' Newsletter • 78 implied HN points • 14 May 23
🕹 Technology Innovation Computing Visualization Collaboration
  1. Bret Victor envisions a future where the laboratory is a communal computational system.
  2. Personal computing history, led by figures like Alan Kay, envisioned computers as 'intellectual amplifiers'.
  3. Realtalk is a system where physical spaces are transformed into computational systems, allowing collaborative work without screens.

Mastering the Art of Adaptable Leadership | Guest Issue by Rebecca Jackson

The Leadership Lab • 78 implied HN points • 07 May 23
💼 Business Challenges Adaptability Leadership Innovation
  1. Adapting is crucial in today's fast-evolving business world, and being adaptable means more than just reacting quickly to changes.
  2. To cultivate adaptability, leaders can engage in self-coaching exercises like identifying principles guiding decisions and assessing habitual practices that may hinder adaptable thinking.
  3. Enhancing adaptability involves questioning norms, experimenting with leadership styles to get the best from the team, and being willing to take risks for innovation.

Microsoft backed a repair bill in Washington State. It died anyway.

Fight to Repair • 78 implied HN points • 05 May 23
🕹 Technology Repairability Legislation Environmental Impact Consumer Electronics
  1. Microsoft supported a right-to-repair bill in Washington state, marking a shift in their stance, but the bill did not progress due to opposition from members, including a former Apple employee.
  2. Older phones are generally easier to repair than newer models, as research shows the most repairable phones have an average age of 7.8 years.
  3. The right-to-repair movement is gaining momentum globally, with political and corporate endorsements, such as the Biden Administration's support and the Council of Europe's official backing.