Josh Bowen

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

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If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.

Define the user journey before you define the feature.

1. Who is the user? — How would you classify this group of people? What do they care about? What are their habits?


2. 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?


3. How will they

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