Mo Shafieeha

In college, the author started his first startup, and it failed. Before launch, he didn't talk to customers, he fought with his cofounders a lot. He didn't know how to build working software or deal with tech debt. He read Eric Ries's Lean Startup after this experience and vowed to use it. Since the insurance CRM was geared toward tracking existing... See more

Clarity of purpose Summarizes the company’s business on the back of a business card. Large markets Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop. Rich customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering.... See more

As a product leader, you should strive to be like In-n-Out. If your customer cherishes you for beef, keep the beef coming. Don’t confuse them with lettuce topped with a paltry dose of carrot sticks and cucumbers. Resist the pressure to become something you’re not.

--------------------------------------------- Performing a retrospective You can fix any mistakes you made and improve your approach if you did an interview by yourself. If it's a team effort, then the retrospective should be done in iterations after one or two interviews. Share the recording with someone more skilled and ask for their feedback.

1. What’s your role with respect to this product?


2. What did you do before this?


3. What is this product or service supposed to be?


4. Who is this product for?


5. When is the version we’re designing going to be released?


6. What worries you about this project? What’s the worst thing that could happen?


7. What should this project accomplish for the business?


8. How will you,

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------------------------------------------------------------- Bringing it all back The Curve War and the actions taken by Fei Protocol and Index are distinctly different events. However, both fall under my definition of metagovernance - holding one DAO’s token gives you the power to influence decisions in another DAO.In the end, metagovernance is... See more

Lobbying major holders of $AAVE can lead to bad PR and mercenary voters. Borrowing is akin to bribery. While lobbying is challenging, Fei Protocol's team is committed to it: it takes time and involves multiple rounds of calls with stakeholders. Lobbying has been less successful since Fei's recent de-pegging event.

4. Create FOMO to drive word-of-mouth.Key questions: Does your product rely on UGC? Consider curating the early community. / Is your product innately social? Consider relying on existing users to invite new users.Instagram, Pinterest, and Clubhouse are examples of platforms that made their early communities exclusive. In another way, Robinhood and... See more