Matt Sims

@ojiudezue @ezinneudezue 👋

Exciting news: @ezinneudezue and I are co-authoring a book on Product Management for Product-Led Growth, launching 2023. Want a preview? Follow us and Reply with 👋 and I'll DM you our "Building with PLG" Worksheet. Here's how this book will change the way you build: [🧵]

@APompliano “Double check your work.”

What is the best advice you ever received from your dad?

@gmiller Coffee gear reviews by James Hoffmann. I don’t know why but I can what this shit for hours… youtu.be/dn9OuRl1F3k

What genre of YouTube videos is your guilty pleasure, your way to unwind, and/or your way to distract attention from life's usual stressors? (Links with examples appreciated)

@heyalexfriedman I’m sorry for your loss, but love how you’re turning it into a thing of value for others. I’m coming through my own cancer diagnoses, and have turned all my research notes into a free resource for others in the same situation. Please share it freely: CancerPlan.org

A year ago today my best friend Erika sent me and our other best friend this text message. At the time we didn’t realize this moment would change our lives forever and 11 months later she would be gone. She was 31 years old and 34 weeks pregnant when diagnosed with stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. I remember this moment vividly. I was sitting on my phone watching TikTok after I had just posted a video. A minute before I was blissfully unaware of the complete shit show life would become. I didn’t understand at first. I’ve never known anyone with cancer. When Erika told us, I thought it wasn’t a big deal. I thought it was something she could “just get scraped out”. The few days that followed included me not eating or sleeping, sitting on the edge of my bed as I called in every favor I could to get Erika into a top hospital as she waited to be induced to give birth so they could start chemo immediately. I took on the roll of being the messenger for our college friend group. I started a GoFundMe. I begged people for help on Twitter. I’ve never been so desperate for help and answers in my life. Life is much more fragile than anyone wants to realize. Within moments Erika, and everyone who loves her, lives completely changed. A month since she’s passed and I miss her non stop. Not a second goes by that I don’t think about her. Even the way I exist in the world is completely different now. I know that she’d want me to use my platform to bring awareness to pancreatic cancer, especially the way that many families still have a lack of answers and resources post-diagnosis. I hope to continue to do that. 💜

So true. I choose reality and truth.

Best. Book. Ever.

Quote from a forest ranger at Yellowstone Park on why it is hard to develop a garbage bin to keep bears from breaking into it: "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists" 🤣🤣🤣

What a fantastic picture of an elusive snow leopard in Ladakh, probably reacting to the shutter sound of the camera trap. saschafonseca.com/project/snow-l…

I try stay away from this topic best I can but holy mother...listening to her speak so matter of factly gave me actual chills. I know it's marketing for one side of a debate, but how far from the truth? Not far.

Clearest picture of Mercury ever taken | NASA

@erinlevine_ Hi. How many downturns would you like? I've lost count. But a good point. A rising tide is the hardest time to evaluate if you're doing the right things. Navigating a market free fall teaches you much more as a founder.

Just a reminder that founders over 40 have usually had personal and professional experience during an economic downturn and that can be amazingly helpful.

@NickJRishwain What's the group all about, Nick? FB give me hives, but I'd log in for a well curated group. Sounds like you're holding the door well!

🫣Someone tried to join the #LegalTech Community on Facebook. One of their form answers. Q: "Please describe your interest in legaltech?" A: "Develop law-as-a-service portfolio." We've come full circle. Law, which is a service, is now being pitched as LaaS.

@AndrewArruda @natalalleycat Exactly. Trick is to find the right metrics that can be continuously (and realistically) monitored around that idea. Need something you can study the trend of over time.

@natalalleycat “Lives changed” based on the overall goal of the org could be a good one

What are some good KPIs for non-profit / social impact work?

@natalalleycat Places I'd look for KPIs might be reach (geographical, population touched, etc.), impact (reduction of X, increase of Y), or influence (new legislation, decisions, new advocates and sponsors, etc.)

@natalalleycat Whatever they are they should be closer to the desired results and outputs of the org (objectives), and less so on the activity or inputs (the means to the output). So, donations are essential and all, but if they get blown on too much admin they're not a good KPI.

@davidpopaart Stunning work!

The series on 🧊 continues! It’s been a huge learning experience trying to nail my vision for this series. It’s been difficult to have any foresight into what will happen, as the ice floats seem to always crack as I work on the piece, leaving a result I could have never imagined.

Amazing

@CALLACBD Sincere thanks to @CALLACBD and @kimnayyer for having me present the pre-conference to their members today. I wish I could have seen all the faces and met some of you in person, maybe next time. Enjoy the rest of the conference!

Check out the program for the #CALLACBD2022 Virtual Conference (May 30 - June 3, 2022). This year’s theme is “Leading the Way – À l’avant-garde”. redstoneagency.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/CALL/ETv…

Promising beginning to #callacbd2022, in an excellent preconference workshop with @therealmattsims on data-driven decision making. Valuable learning for law practice, and for libraries too

@RexChapman More like it PAYS us to be