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2022
Feb 20, 2022
Family
Build for Being, Not for Doneness
2014
Nov 20, 2014
Engineering
I Love Bug Reports
Nov 17, 2014
Engineering
Startup HPC Conference
Nov 12, 2014
Engineering
A Big Day for ArrayFire with Open Source Release
Nov 8, 2014
Engineering
The Importance of Customers Loving a Product
Oct 13, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Needs Case Ideas
Sep 24, 2014
Marketing
On Being First To Market Versus Following
Sep 22, 2014
Fundraising
Hazelcast Raises $11 Million
Sep 17, 2014
Engineering
Mobile CPUs Speedups Are Getting Harder to Come By
Sep 15, 2014
Engineering
Commercialization Options for Addons to a Core Open Source Project
Sep 13, 2014
Engineering
Avoiding Lock-In Through Open Source
Sep 8, 2014
Engineering
Design vs User Experience
Sep 4, 2014
Ideas
The Customer Can Be Wrong
Aug 1, 2014
Engineering
Transition Plan to Move ArrayFire to Open Source
Jul 31, 2014
Engineering
The Decision To Open Source ArrayFire
Jul 30, 2014
Marketing
Network Effects of Open Source Software
Jul 13, 2014
Ideas
When Customer Discovery Breaks Down
Jun 19, 2014
Marketing
Landing a Customer Discovery Interview – A Script
Jun 4, 2014
Engineering
Coding Is Emotional
Jun 3, 2014
Product Management
Customers Do Not Always Know What They Want
May 17, 2014
Product Management
Starting with Product Management
May 16, 2014
Product Management
The Downside of Selling Tombstones
May 3, 2014
Pricing
Never Compete Only on Price in a Startup
Mar 28, 2014
Marketing
Examples of Companies Successful at Monetizing Open Source
Mar 27, 2014
Engineering
The ArrayFire Users Group
Mar 25, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Open Source Projects
Mar 2, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Pivoting and MVPs
Feb 6, 2014
Engineering
Is Your Product 10X Better?
Jan 25, 2014
Engineering
The Hidden Challenges of Outsourcing Software Development
Jan 23, 2014
Leadership
Simple Ground Rules for Startups
Jan 20, 2014
Marketing
Selling Snake Oil and Genome Sequencing
Jan 19, 2014
Engineering
Working with Software Suppliers
Jan 16, 2014
Engineering
Monetizing Open Source Products
Jan 6, 2014
Product Management
Limiting User Choice Is A Feature
2013
Dec 20, 2013
Engineering
Cognition-as-a-Service
Dec 18, 2013
Pricing
Cloud Business Models
Dec 13, 2013
Engineering
Doings Things Right vs Doing Things Fast in Software Development
Dec 2, 2013
Education
As Speed Gains Taper, CPUs Look To Do More
Nov 10, 2013
Engineering
Dealing with Platform Risk
Nov 7, 2013
Ideas
Dependence on Luck Varies with the Type of Startup
Aug 25, 2013
Pricing
Software Licensing Problems in Technical and HPC Markets
Aug 18, 2013
Education
The Steve Jobs Movie
Aug 13, 2013
Education
Startup Blindspots from Quora
Jul 30, 2013
Education
Survivorship Bias
Jul 11, 2013
Leadership
Helping Prospects Recognize Value Proposition
Jun 18, 2013
Engineering
German Strawberries and Product Bloat
May 25, 2013
Marketing
The Exciting Competition of Mobile Chipsets
May 16, 2013
Education
Product Launch Experience Before Starting Up
Apr 28, 2013
Product Management
Customer Site Visits to Rev the Engine
Apr 15, 2013
Engineering
User Experience
Apr 13, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Keeping People
Mar 21, 2013
Product Management
ScheduleOnce to Eliminate Appointment Booking Hassle
Mar 13, 2013
Marketing
Startups that Ride a Platform Advantage
Jan 29, 2013
Engineering
Nightly Releases for Installed Software
Jan 28, 2013
Engineering
Software Release Cadence for Startups
Jan 27, 2013
Product Management
ETAs for Features