Nick Black

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New show "Nick Black - Melodic Techno and Deep House" up now at mixcloud.com/nickblack/nick… Check it out now!

"In software, intellectual property (IP) is not typically an effective strategy. Software moves too quickly and the patents don’t really stick." Truth from @JamesCurrier

@gibsonbiddle Amazing! @benedictevans latest newsletter talked about Netflix tech being a commodity. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. How can tech that becomes a commodity help create lasting power (in the 7 powers sense)?

Ok, my next Ask Gib essay will outline how Netflix will respond to recent stock drop…

@HSBC_UK I just switched to have my salary paid to Monzo because of 1) headlines re HSBC / Ukraine 2) your app wasn’t working this morning. This how churn happens. Took me 2 mins.

Big news in the product world today. Pendo bought Mind the Product. Huge shout out to @bfgmartin @James_Mayes @simplybastow @simoncast @emilytate and the rest of the MTP crew. Thank you for all that you've done for the product community. I can't wait to see what's next.

@gibsonbiddle Appreciate you linking this to your strategy framework. It’s often tough for startups to grasp the need to serve a small specific problem whilst ensuring that problem leads to a big market. I struggled to explain this clearly to my own product teams as we scaled. You nailed it!

I realized that this essay has been re-written with plenty of current startup examples like Stripe and Meraki. Now, it's an even better essay focused on the importance of "doing things that don't scale.": paulgraham.com/ds.html

Utterly stunned to hear @farmdrop is shutting down. What went wrong? No lack of demand it seems. Biz model wouldn’t scale?

@nick_b has written a brilliant hand #book for founders who need to hire the right #productmanager, the first time. As an ex recruiter I wish I had read this 10 years ago! guides.nickblack.us/hiring-product…

@farmdrop your app has become totally unusable. Keep telling support but not sure if it gets through. Happy to supply details. I love your service, but I am a churn risk right now.

@fdestin Seems like a neat definition of product market fit.

2/ how ready is my organisation to scale? Have I understood and nailed my marketing & sales motion, can I onboard my customers and make them successful?

1/ How fast should you grow? Don't let your runway and cash constraints give you the answer. Flip it around and see if you are ready to "play to win". Instead of asking "what can I do with the cash I have", ask yourself 👇

@marthie You mean like this?

@gibsonbiddle It’s the basis of much of the coaching work i do with startups. An amazing resource.

Weekend reading: My Step by Step Product Strategy series now has 20k total claps on Medium: link.medium.com/UyAxGEvuQjb

@djjjfrost Amazing set. The kids were loving it. Had to hold mine back from joining you in the booth.

I've played fabriclondon countless times but today was the first time I had my grandchildren me while I played Big Fish Little Fish family rave today The place was absolutely jam packed

We’re over the moon to announce that we’ve raised an extra £6 million led by @NFX, with @PeteFlint joining our board! Catch the full story in @CityAM - thanks @GhouriFarah for the fantastic feature! 👇cityam.com/collective-rai…

I spend too much time fiddling with Airtable and faffing with Figma. What do you do that stops you from finding your focus?

It's been so much fun taking 20 startups through courses about Finding Value and Finding Fit. More deep-dive workshops coming in August!