Ben R
For the last 4 years i have been the head of technology for MeetMindful (TS W16). I moved on a couple of weeks ago. It was time.Being away from the hustle and bustle has afforded me a chance to reflect on how things went over those years. I started as the first employee after the cofounders and...
Ben R
I used to work with an engineer named Tim. Tim, for all i could tell, was a wizard. He employed advanced and arcane magics such a sed and awk to achieve bizarre but desirable outcomes. After years of admiration, i copied the .bashrc file he had written. It was a tome of spells and secrets, their...
Ben R
One of the first things new team members learn about me is my outspoken detest for the word "manager". I am not a manager. My job is not to manage people. My job is to hire and nurture engineers who do not need to be managed. Such engineers share a few traits. For one, they are all passionate,...
Ben R
The third and final day of MicroConf 2017 was focused on a few themes: revenue, time and value. Any conference Patrick McKenzie (patio11) speaks at will surely have a simple message: double your prices. Patrick has been making this case tirelessly for years and with good reason. His own page on...
Ben R
"Leverage your failures." if i were to summarize day 2 into a single statement, that would be it. In a conference focused on bootstrapping products, a lot of the information has been about parlaying opportunities. The first full day of talks was equal parts inspiring and exhausting. You hear so...