Table Stakes: Should Twitter have an End of The Year Round-up?

When I saw people tweet their 2020 recaps from Spotify and Apple Music, I wondered if Twitter's product team observed this cross-platform sharing and what implementing something similar with already existing data assets would look like. Maybe an End of the Year report? With consumer technology ...

One Page Strategic Plan

I wrote about completing my one page strategic plan this month here. Here's a markdown template I made for it - This post's a placeholder to go back to that project and make it a form where people can create their own one pagers, so ask me about it sometime.

Social bikes

I was in New Orleans for a wedding and noticed the blue bikes just like in New York, D.C. and the University of Virginia. It was a family vacation, and since i ended up biking a lot in the last couple of days out there, it naturally became a part of the conversation. My aunt and uncle asked ...

Peer to Peer Networks as Organization Models

Are there any similarities between peer-to-peer networks in computing and the nature of operations in Africa? I'm inclined to think so. Using Nigeria as an example, it is noticed that although the citizens are highly entrepreneurial, the entrepreneurship traits do not scale in a meaningful way ...

What Ingredients Make Successful Products

Steve jobs famously spoke about the tremendous amount of craftsmanship needed to make a great product. Over the years I've remained curious about what ingredients create successful products. Here's what I think from practice and observation: Thorough understanding of strategy, business models ...