#+TITLE: entreprenuership
* Jean Yang

https://blog.sigplan.org/2020/10/27/whats-the-role-of-developer-experience-in-programming-languages-research/
excellent article on assessing dev experience and getting concrete info from it

http://firstround.com/review/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit/#rt_u=1604934611_r4nx1o framework to make product market fit more actionable
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth%E2%80%93share_matrix][Growth-share matrix]] :: A method of using a chart to help corporations organize and analyze business units and product lines.

* Caramack
tweet: from peter drucker:
"Leaders focus on doing the right thing, managers focus on doing things right"
* Drew
[[https://drewdevault.com/2020/11/20/A-few-ways-to-make-money-in-FOSS.html][advice for working in FOSS full time]]
* Minimum viable usership
https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyranny_of_the_minimum_viable_user/
the tool should never be more complicated than the needs of the user; it should serve the single purpose it needs. consequently, complex tasks should never be more complex than the actual task at hand, nor more simple! 
* Improving work
[[https://rework.withgoogle.com/about/][inspired by Google's work]]
Skira:
- Psychological evaluations to ensure that employees feel that they are heard and supported
- Thorough manager and personal feedback
- Truly collaborative environment vs. one in which time is valued relative to one's importance in the company

https://romainaubert.com/product-marketing-resources

* OSS Success
https://blog.vjeux.com/2020/uncategorized/reflections-on-excalidraw.html
- respond quickly
- be decisive
- keep quality

  etc...

  [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21332072][successful one person businesses]]

[[https://calebporzio.com/i-just-hit-dollar-100000yr-on-github-sponsors-heres-how-i-did-it][I Just Hit $100k/yr On GitHub Sponsors! ?❤️ (How I Did It) | Caleb Porzio]]
[[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23282278][brand yourself as a freelancer]]

* Marketing online: getting an audience
https://mobile.twitter.com/tobydoyhowell/status/1272674455681024000
- hijack super timeline for someone big in the niche
  be one of teh first to respond
  profit
- use very specific voice and be very intense about it
- invest in tools and software for good quality memes
- always borrow from other sites and make them relevant to yours
- monitor tweets of specific users to make sure you can interact iwth them
- never use emojis
- low lift giveaway
- build a community
  - create a visual identity, i.e. an emoji next to the name
  - be genuine about the hard stuff
  - go super viral (ugh)

[[https://starthouse.xyz/?ref=hn][starthouse: decks from the worlds best startups]]
[[https://erikbern.com/2018/08/16/business-secrets-from-terrible-people.html][business secrets for terrible people]]
[[http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2019-11.html][maintaining an online prescence]]
[[https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-2/][my time as a solo developer]]
[[https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/advice.html][advice on cs independent work]]: finding an advisor and doing work to get it done!
[[https://www.nospec.com/][spec work is unethical]]
[[https://li.substack.com/p/unbundling-work-from-employment][unbundling work from employment]]
https://airtable.com/shrzJxrXCaJwwJO2T/tblMZ48gq36WojgtE
[[http://www.paulgraham.com/sfp.html][first run of y combinator and an evaluation of the program]]
[[https://waypointnda.com/][standard nda]]
https://gracedobush.com/2014/05/09/a-magazine-pitch-that-totally-worked/ quick notes on pitching to a magazine!
https://hyperallergic.com/530196/a-viral-list-of-hundreds-of-opportunities-for-artists-compiled-by-one-person-to-encourage-community/ good opportunities for artists!
[[https://www.artima.com/intv/simplest.html][finding the simplest path that could possibly work]]  [[file:metaprogramming.org][Metaprogramming]]
[[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23427689][how to i reach making money in several months?]]
[[https://www.prodmgmt.world/][prodmgmt.world | Success tools for young product teams]]
https://hellohello.is/OpenDesignCritiques free design critiques [[file:web_design.org][Web Design]]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24259201 build products well
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24109636 if it's a nice problem to have, don't solve it now


https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/small-tech/: inspiration for lots of small companies and ideas! check it out! their blog is pretty good as well.