mikelanza

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   by mikelanza 5y ago

   I've started and run five companies. I've had nothing but great experiences with Corp Dev and nothing but horrible experiences with VCs. Corp Dev wants to give you cash (usually!) for your company. VCs want to put you into thei
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   by mikelanza 6y ago

   No, poor product management from neglected product managers did that. You might not be very excited to design icons as your primary job, either, if you thought your job was to manage the entire product.
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   by mikelanza 6y ago

   The most fundamental problem at Google, of which bad UX/UI is one symptom, is that product management has no real power there. Engineering has all the power there, and basically does whatever it likes. It takes product management res
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   by mikelanza 7y ago

   Developers who have great insurance coverage at their current job and require it at their next job aren't candidates for startups like mine. We don't have health insurance for employees - it's just too expensive for all but
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   by mikelanza 7y ago

   I take a completely different approach to hiring, and I've gotten fantastic results. Instead of throwing tricky algorithm questions at a candidates, I scour their detailed employment records for the most relevant experience for the fir
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   by mikelanza 8y ago

   I wrote a book advising parents how to give kids a life of independent neighborhood play. Check out Playborhood - http://playborhood.com In a nutshell, I contend that this is a social problem of neighborhood culture, and pare