Josh Bowen
@joshbowen
Josh Bowen
Define the user journey before you define the feature.
- Who is the user? — How would you classify this group of people? What do they care about? What are their habits?
- What problems do they encounter? — What do they want to achieve? What are their pain points? How do they think and behave? What evidence do we have for believing this?
- How will they
The Looking Glass: The Craft of Creating
Within the last year, we’ve made two strategic partnerships with Shaan Puri (My First Million podcast) and Nick Huber (Bolt Storage / Sweaty Startup). Their audiences have significantly accelerated Shepherd’s growth.
Head of Marketing - Support Shepherd
Campus provides a low-stakes way to “try on a new way of being”, learn with social accountability, and experiment without hard committing. Each quarter we ask our members for classes, events, bookclubs, or circles they want to host. Many use this opportunity as a chance to engage with an interest more deeply - both as a leader, constructing the... See more
"In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Just came across this weekly sprint update template from @ycombinator
Feels like this sort of fast, informal accountability + reporting would be suuuper useful to a lot of people who have just started working on something new
Nowadays, there are four things that are gonna decide if I have a good day. Did I sleep enough? Did I connect deeply with people I love? Did I get some time to myself? Did I make choices for my body that felt good—like, did I take a good walk, did I eat healthy, did I exercise? If I get those four things in place, usually my days are pretty good.
Clay Skipper • Ezra Klein’s Formula for a Good Day Involves These Four Things
good questions and Life
I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more