Agile

Are your tech shortcuts killing your startup?

June 29th, 2024 - Agile & Software Development

“Do things that don’t scale”. It’s the top-tier “how to do a startup” advice from the great Paul Graham himself. And, the thing is, I don’t disagree with it per se - it’s pretty decent try-and-build-a-product-company advice. But is it the right way to approach how you’re solving your startup’s technical dilemma’s too?

(Spoiler: no I don’t think that on its own it is, but let me explain why)

Prioritising acceleration over velocity for faster agile teams

March 5th, 2024 - Agile & Software Development

Do you want your teams to go fast? Or do you want them to go in the right direction? Hopefully your answer is “both”, but if you had to pick one to focus on first, which would you pick?