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  • 7-23-2019

    Companies should not rely on heroes

    I see a lot of companies competing for top talent, and thinking about it as the silver bullet for their growth. It is a romantic vision promoted by histories of startup founders. Relying on recruiting top people as a key for the company makes growth unreliable. It is risky long term strategy. Think about McDonald’s

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  • 3-2-2019

    Building remote relationships

    I have a fantastic opportunity to work with San Francisco startup as a lead manager for the whole software development team located in Warsaw, Poland. During the last 17 months. I was able to create a great working (and not only) relationship with my US partners. It didn’t come a natural way, as building trust

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  • 8-31-2017

    Management debt

    Technical debt is a popular term in software development. However, after my endeavours with tech startups and software houses, I experienced another set of problems which can hinder organisations, possibly more impactful than technical debt – a lack of proper strategic management and daily short-term trade-offs. Management debt is just as Ben Horowitz puts it:

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  • 3-5-2016

    Cold tweeting success example

    Blocks, smartwatch that had been on Kickstarter used cold tweets like you can see on adam_blocks, patrickblocks or TonyBlocks to gather $1,613,874, Well played!

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  • 9-16-2015

    Product Manager a Account Manager

    Bariera wejścia/wyjścia z używania produktu softwareowego jest bliska zeru. W kilka kliknięć jestem w stanie założyć a później skasować konto SaaSowej usługi za które płacę kilka tysięcy dolarów. Twórcy skupiają się więc na poprawie doświadczenia użytkownika i jawi się to jako długoterminowo jednyna logiczna strategia rozwoju swojego biznesu. Klienci zyskują. Świat usług jest inny. Jest

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