It’s all your fault!
When people in my company would complain about something or other being broken such as the expense reporting…
5 feature requests for OHours 2.0
I am a huge fan of OHours … a great idea and a natural product for a super-connector…
4 tactics that worked for me in my recent job search
Having just come off of a job search (I’m starting at AWS later this week!) I wanted to…
The Two Device Solution
Simple but bold: Only use your computer for work. Real work. The work of making something. Have a…
HUGE week complete – accepted new job and ran Half Marathon
Hopefully this post makes up for the recent deficiency of original content on johngannonblog.com! I recently accepted a…
Here’s why you should Poke the Box
Starting is a risk. Things might not work out. You could flop. But one theme of this book–and…
Career advice from an entrepreneur
But entrepreneurs instinctually realize that the best advocate for their careers is themselves and that there is no…
Press Release as Minimal Viable Product
For new initiatives a product manager typically starts by writing an internal press release announcing the finished product.…
Yeah, that sounds about right
Marc Andreessen said to me: “Do you know the best thing about starting a company?” I looked at…
Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, Culture Eats Strategy
Whenever I think about leadership at the various online marketplaces, I think of a quote I read in…