Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
Time investment: 6 mins
Aquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjgfW0BIrw
Peter Thiel’s Stanford Startup class notes
There's also a book coming out.
http://blakemasters.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup
http://zerotoonebook.com/
Quora: What are the biggest lessons first-time managers learn on the job?
Time investment: 3 mins
http://www.quora.com/Human-Resource-Management/What-are-the-biggest-lessons-first-time-managers-learn-on-the-job/answer/Oren-Ellenbogen?srid=nzo&share=1
Show How, Don't Tell What
Time investment: 4 mins
I've never actually told anyone what to do here. Why: I don't scale. Telling people what to do is lazy. Instead, try to convince them with argument.
http://tomayko.com/writings/management-style
Leader's Paradox
Time investment: 6 mins
Dick Costello, CEO of Twitter, about (1) avoiding to want to be liked (2) avoiding role models.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbpd6vVdNQ0
Maker's Schedule
Time investment: 5 mins
The difference between Maker's and Manager's schedule, and how simulate a Manager's schedule while remaining a Maker.
http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data
Time investment: 62 mins
Peter Norvig on big data beating smart algorithms and AI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvDCzhbjYWs
Risk Kanban Board
Time investment: 4 mins
How to use a Kanban board to explicitly visualize, manage and eliminate risk.
http://zsoltfabok.com/blog/2014/03/risk-kanban-board/