Product leadership, AI practice, management notes.

Essays and field notes by Piotr Durlej on building useful products, working with intelligent tools and staying effective inside complex systems.

  • Ask for stories, not advice

    Ask for stories, not advice. Every piece of advice has a more memorable and interesting story behind it. […] Slowly, I learned to find the story behind every lesson. […] When someone starts giving you generic advice, ask them for the real story…

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  • How to win employees over Google or Facebook?

    As a young company there is no reasonable way to economically “out bid” Google or Facebook. So don’t try. […] In my mind the only way to successful recruit & retain awesome people is if they belief in the people (ie founders),…

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  • 2010-2014

    2010: The Social Network: The Movie. Startups are sexy. 2011: The Lean Startup. Startups are possible to make. 2012: Facebook IPO. Startups can provide a lot of $$$. 2013: Occulus Rift. Hardware startups are game changing. 2014: ?

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  • Genialnych pomysłodawców z programistami rozmowy

    Wczoraj na grupie Rozmowy o startupach pojawił post od Pana Huberta o takiej treści. Wzbudził on burzliwą dyskusję obrazującą problem na linii; nietechniczny pomysłodawca – „uważam że mam genialny pomysł, polecam go bo warto, a jego wykonanie jest tylko niezbędną koniecznością (już bym…

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  • Kickstarter case. 400% founded

    Kickstarter case. 400% founded

    Most important details from people behind this campaign.

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