How do you know whether that innovative idea is actually one worth spending time on? Here are some tools and models I have been reading about to help evaluate startup ideas.
Tools for evaluating startup business ideas
Hiring for continuous improvement
The definition of what makes a "good team" should include some degree of willingness to read, research and suggest ideas for how things could be better.
The right way to replace team members
Team change is always disruptive but can help set a positive tone for the future company culture. Thinking it through is important. Getting this wrong will cause uncertainly, rumour and confusion to grow within the organisation.
What are the common causes of cloud outages?
What causes cloud outages and downtime? Misconfiguration? Software bugs? Human error? A look at Amazon, Azure and Google clouds to see what causes downtime.
A guide to remote working for startups
Does working remotely work? What examples are there of remote, distributed companies? What should core remote company principles be and what are the challenges of remote work?
Should you encourage your team to write their own blog?
Writing about experiences and sharing stories is valuable, not just for the individual to get experience writing but for everyone to benefit.
Writing as a core company value
As communication is the hardest problem facing any organisation, writing well should be one of the core values for every company.
Parachuting tasks because available time is fixed
Available time does not change - you can't add more hours to the day. So why do we ignore this when planning work and progressing tasks, especially in engineering?
Communication inside startups – what and how
Deploying Slack (I dislike real-time chat in almost every situation) and having an occasional all-hands does not mean your company is good at communication. So what does it mean?
Influence is the product manger’s best tool
How can product managers get things done when they have little to no direct authority over the teams actually implementing the project?