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Innovators Dilemma book cover

Notes: “The Innovator’s Dilemma”

Doing the right thing is the wrong thing. The highest-performing companies, in fact, are those that are the best at this, that is, they have well-developed systems for killing ideas that their customers don’t want.

Person holding sharpened pencil about to write something in a notebook

Validating Ideas

Every new business idea is based on multiple assumptions. It's like an equation with dozens or hundreds of variables and lots of companies fail because they treat their assumptions as facts when they are not (speaking programming lexicon - variables are not constants

Several mobile app design screens laid out on a desk.

Benefits of Prototyping [Archive]

One of the main tools to significantly reduce the risk of something nobody needs or can’t figure out how to use is prototyping, or more precisely – Rapid Prototyping.

Person is sorting cards on a desk

Card Sorting [Archive]

Card Sorting is the one of the most popular techniques to get it right. There are quite a few online tools available, but I still prefer good old offline method with real paper cards or post-it notes.

Person looking at a prototype of a helmet

Prototyping Definition [Archive]

Prototyping is a way to quickly create a simulated (or simplified) version of the product you have in mind for the purpose of testing it with your target users to understand what needs to be changed before releasing the product.

Rework book cover

Notes: “REWORK” by Jason Fried

Cut the “menu”. Focus on something constant (amazon – fast/free shipping, return policy, etc).

Business Ideas

I have to force myself to just write new ideas down and focus on the current one.

Witty Survival - educational videos teaching survival skills

A joint project with my son Vania to learn and show how we learn different emergency preparedness and survival skills.