Bringing a little drama to social games
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Reading the post, Why Investors Make So Many Boneheaded Mistakes, I couldn’t help but think the same reasons investors make mistakes is the same for startups (founders, employees, and investors). We all think we’re being diligent, that we’ve checked the facts and this is the real deal, but as Michael Mauboussin points out in his book Think [...]
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I’ve worked in successful startups and not so successful startups; established companies that make hundreds of millions in profit and some that make hundreds of thousands. What draws me most to a particular company or position is the opportunity to innovate. At one company that was my specific job – create new products. Over those [...]
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I’m a big fan of a concept Eric Ries calls shadow beliefs. Of course they aren’t something to strive for. Shadow beliefs are shared assumptions that are widely believed in the start-up but never spoken. For example: We know what customers want. We can accurately predict the future. Advancing the plan is progress. They can [...]
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A Senior Product Manager at Playdom I build social games by day and experiment with interactive drama at night, all while trying to write the great American screenplay.