Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
Time to Value is a metric that considers the amount of time required after starting to use a product for the user/customer/buyer to begin experiencing meaningful results.
For example, if you buy a car and drive it off the lot, the TTV value — let’s call it a TTV ratio — is basically 1:1. You buy the car, you start driving to where you want to go,... See more
For example, if you buy a car and drive it off the lot, the TTV value — let’s call it a TTV ratio — is basically 1:1. You buy the car, you start driving to where you want to go,... See more
A Powerful New Metric for Evaluating a Startup’s Potential for Success
Another emotion I picked up in myself and in others is what feels like we’re floating in space a bit. Since the change is so fundamental and a lot of things aren’t figured out, it’s quite hard to navigate yourself within Buffer currently, since nothing feels “fixed” and ever changing these last few months.
I do get the sense that this is somewhat... See more
I do get the sense that this is somewhat... See more
How We're Working Without Managers at Buffer
Startup Systems and On building of All Trades
The build is taxing. Empathy with yourself and others who are building alongside you is crucial.
The most valuable thing to pursue is also the hardest
Superhuman
Responsive organizations are fueled by individual and collective learning. Retrospectives are baked into the culture; feedback and learning drive strategy and growth.
Sharan Bal • Hiring Humans, Not Resources
For the past decade, our idolatry of startups and innovation has meant the focus has been: What can we disrupt? How fast can we grow? How big can we get? How much can we raise?
Founders are taught to possess enough faith that they can build something very big very fast. This creates a pressure cooker of responsibility that distorts reality to the... See more
Founders are taught to possess enough faith that they can build something very big very fast. This creates a pressure cooker of responsibility that distorts reality to the... See more
Sari Azout • Can I Ramble for a Sec?
Startup Advice and On building of All Trades
Founders need a new way of thinking, of building, of support that allows them to drive systematic, methodical and meaningful change.
radical agency involves finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying, unpleasant, or obscured in a cloud of aversion.
Cate Hall • How to Be More Agentic
70-20-10 Rule
But how is that reflected in resource allocation? The Horizons Framework suggests that the majority of your team members should be working on the Horizon One product, says Behrens Wu. “So you have, let's say, 70% doing Horizon One, 20% doing Horizon Two and then 10% playing around with Horizon Three.”
But how is that reflected in resource allocation? The Horizons Framework suggests that the majority of your team members should be working on the Horizon One product, says Behrens Wu. “So you have, let's say, 70% doing Horizon One, 20% doing Horizon Two and then 10% playing around with Horizon Three.”
Shippo’s Path to Product-Market Fit
Different backgrounds, different views, different experiences. The best teams are diverse. These are the ingredients that spark innovation.
Daniel Rizea • Top 5 Learnings After Mentoring 100 Startups
On building of All Trades and The Future of Generalist Work
Diversity of backgrounds can also mean diversity of generalist vs. specialist skillsets. Generalists become multi-functional, bringing domain expertise from corners that you might least expect it.
Be kind, even if you are right
Try softer, not harder, to change someone's mind.
Try softer, not harder, to change someone's mind.