layervault: The next time you find yourself working for a company that’s laser-focused on a singular launch, it’s time to leave. The impending big launch communicates ineptitude, an inability to correctly assess the intricacies of a problem. Read More

thegongshow: According to a quick scan of financial history in Google, Tesla has raised roughly $1.8BN in a combination of equity and debt over the past 4 years. The vast majority has gone to R&D, Manufacturing, Capex, etc… In that same time frame Ford has spent roughly $16BN on Ads and Marketing. That’s an… The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs

I don’t think you have to be a parent to appreciate this. sahilparikh: sahilparikh-blog: “Live for today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow is unknown.” - Anonymous I have a two year old daughter and a startup. Over the last couple of years I have come to value a balanced life. Most startup stories would talk about gruelling hours and all-nighters. This isn’t the case with… SaaS, Software & Startups: Productivity hacks of a startup dad

The Cult of Design Dictatorship is bad because it so easily appeals to every human’s ego, and it gives bad designers an excuse to always be right. Alex Cabal, The Cult of Design Dictatorship

John Maeda tweeted this link to an excellent, intuitive explanation of Standard Deviation by Amar Sagoo. Standard Deviation, Explained Intuitively

This diagram that I put together is my first attempt to organize the analytics, growth, testing and optimization tool landscape. This slide is also available as a PDF. Discussion on Hacker News.

The Mississauga (Half) Marathon is Sunday. Here’s my Race Plan: rowingsoundsfun:

Being “up to date” beyond a certain point - that is, being aware of all of the latest tweets, news stories, stock quotes, etcetera - can actually hurt one’s understanding of the universe. This is partially explained by the lingering impact of misinformation. In trying to get a story first, publishers - whether old-line media or your brother-in-law on twitter - will inevitably get some facts wrong. Journalism is, after all, the first draft of history - and citizen journalism even more so.

A software license touches on the software, not on the human relationships which the software mediates. It is those relationships that lock us into positions where Zuckerberg’s foot is on our necks. The Eternal Mainframe, Rudolf Winestock

Another of my clients is about embark on another round of A/B testing, so I thought I’d post some of my favorite A/B testing resources, summarizing each as a single rule: Why you should always set your sample size (n) in advance: In How Not to Run an A/B Test @evmill makes the case for always fixing your sample size in advance. I generally agree with him – this is good research design.