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It feels strange to say this, but yes, I have just published a book Available here: https://gumroad.com/l/ghrtr
It is called Buddha to Bezos.
Why the name? Glad you (hopefully) asked :-)
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I have been studying the diff between successful and failed softwares for years now. There are many answers, and it is very easy to draw incorrect conclusions.
> We ran out of money > We were outcompeted > My cofounder left
And so on...
All of these are right, but they are likely symptoms, not the disease.
At some point I started to closely follow other founders. They were the origin. Their products, instead, were first order effects.
As I studied their blogs, interviews etc. a few clear patterns emerged. In hindsight, the patterns were obvious.
(a) The greatest makers were First Principle thinkers all round. (b) They were ultra-cognizant of people's emotions (some of them might not care though)
Similar patterns emerge when we look at greatest innovators, thinkers throughout history. Some great (The Buddha) and some terrible (Columbus).
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Buddha to Bezos is a - comprehensive study of greatest innovators throughout history. - handbook on how to develop the same skills (First Principles, Empathy) - collection of great stories (you'd enjoy reading it) - set of examples on how some innovators applied them.
Take a look here: https://gumroad.com/l/ghrtr
Cheers
I am an engineer turned PM.
My engineering leads will not switch to other softwares (LinearApp / Clubhouse).
I do not mind watching the progress in JIRA, but writing user stories in JIRA is a serious problem.
Here’s why: All of my thinking happens in documents. Putting ideas in JIRA can take hours, and it transports me to a non-creative world with grunt, data entry work. I do it. But it is expensive in terms of time, and attention sunk.
Is there a way to convert document paragraphs / sentences in documents to user stories in JIRA?
I may write a script to do this and put it up on Github, but I am wondering if a solution already exists. It must, it's a pretty common problem with most PMs in my network.
I have tried Metabase, Redash, Google DataStudio - all pretty complex tools.
I am an indie hacker, and have my product data in Mongo. Right now, I check it out in terminal. It would be good to have a visualisation tool to do that for me.
My criteria:
1. Simple to use 2. Should not keep crashing (Metabase for Mac sucks)
If nothing like this exists, do you think I should build one and open source it?