5 reasons why building without engineers can super-charge your product development in Series B startups — Software development has changed a lot in the last couple of years. I used to think you couldn’t build a good product without an engineer, or without knowing how to code. I have changed my mind since then. In this article, I want to explore how specialization, and the need…

A simple framework to help you understand when to buy 3rd party data software and when should you build it yourself Working in data is fascinating. Almost every company will claim its data driven, which gives data teams the unenviable task of defining their role in an organization when teams…

Using python, beautiful soup and topic modeling to understand the main themes underlying customer reviews — A key skill required in data science jobs is the ability connect data insights to business outcomes. For DTC brands, one of the biggest opportunities to do this is through customer reviews. As an interviewee, you don’t have access to Google analytics or internal data storage systems, but you can…

Using Python, API’s and NLP keyword analysis to understand skills listed in data science job descriptions — We have all heard that data is the new oil. But, with so many definitions of what a data scientist is, how can you prepare yourself for a career in data science? One approach is to understand the skills needed from data science job descriptions. That’s exactly what I did…

Tips for those of us that aren’t Adobe masterminds Full disclosure: I’m a huge Webflow fan. Huge. When I started using Webflow last year to design sites, I was like “This is the best, I feel like I’m coding!” The best bit, you get to download the code! Yes…

And why that should change — I’m sure everyone here has read the Lean Startup. 1 of the signature mantras reads: “Talk to your customers” In fact, almost every product/entrepreneurial book you will ever read will insist that talking to customers is at least half the company, if you don’t talk to your customers you won’t…

Applying behavioral science to fintech — I love companies, and I love problems. With those 2 things in mind, what better way to spend my time then trying to figure out the problems of a company and how I would solve them? That’s exactly what this article is about. To exercise my product management chops I…

How to build products that matter quickly and cheaply — “I need a dev team” “I need to build an entire app in react in 1 month to test my product” These are common quotes I hear from 1st time entrepreneurs. I felt the same. The first product I built I insisted on learning how to code, spending hours designing…

And how you can stop that happening — If I asked you what a click-through-rate (CTR) for a LinkedIn sponsored message means, what would you say? If it’s “number of clicks to your destination, duh”, then you, like me have been misled by LinkedIn campaign manager. So, how can you find your real CTR and determine if those…