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You need a search tool to find stuff online—odds are, Google fills that slot for you. Then, you need something to find files and software on your computer. And then, you very well may need a tool...

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I'm actually building a product called Slapdash, which happens to solve search really well. It s... 3 points

Figured I'd kick this off with a few of my favorites: Web Search: Google. I still can't kick my... 2 points

I might be biased 😇, but at Outmind (outmind.ai) we actually love our shortcut "ctrl + space" to ... 2 points

What’s your favorite chrome new tab extension?

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The Chrome homepage add-on I’d used the longest was Momentum. It puts a new photo as your new tab... 5 points

I have a collection for you, if you'd like to check them out. Personally, I've been using the St... 3 points

Toby works great for me. Well, actually I’m using Toby lite, so I realize it doesn’t count... Ot... 1 points

How many SaaS tools do you collaborate across on a daily basis?

When I used to work at a large company I remember my work being spread across GitHub, Google Drive, Slack, Datadog, Figma and Dropbox, in that order. I pay close attention to my workflows and I not...

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Far too many, probably. On a daily basis: Wiki/project management: Notion Project management: A... 6 points

At Esports One we actively use 8-10 tools, with the focus being around knowledge sharing and proj... 6 points

At Capiche now, with a 4 person team, we’re using 8 apps for collaboration including: Slack for... 5 points

What are your thoughts on invite only strategy?

Superhuman started it (kind off) and now hey.com has made the invite only model famous, Clubhouse is also in the list of invite only model. Seems to me more of attention and marketing model rather ...

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Invite-only is one of the original marketing strategies for email services. Hotmail spread quickl... 4 points

Invite only is a multi-pronged strategy 1. Marketing - agree with @maguay here 2. User experienc... 3 points

It works if you have an unfair advantage - like a well know brand name, backer or someone influen... 2 points

What would a Superhuman for Excel look like to you? (I'm building one!)

Hey guys, I'm building a Superhuman for Excel, pretty much a premium version of Excel for power users. To that end, I need to ensure that I understand what people's pain-points around Excel are, an...

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Hi Namraj! I am an equity research analyst covering multiple sectors so excel is close to water a... 7 points

TEMPLATES is a big one for me. I spent a decent portion of my time recycling existing sheets. It... 5 points

Strong keyboard shortcut focus, and a CMD+K style command palette search tool to find formulas, c... 4 points

What can companies do right now to help ensure their survival through these challenging times?

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Focus on being cash-flow positive. Do whatever you can possibly do to make sure you have enough c... 2 points

Do you think your blog posts or eBooks have been more impactful—and why?

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Content and marketing should match your audience and their needs. I've found both to be effective... 2 points

Recommend any recent impactful content (books, newsletter, podcasts)?

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Where do I start?! I'm quite an infovore and consume tons of information constantly. I share ab... 2 points

what is something you believed the *opposite* of a year ago?

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I really thought it would take a very long time for remote work to be tried/adopted by companies.... 1 points

The current level of free time that people have on their hands is unprecedented... from your experience, how do you propose an early stage company take advantage of this possible ‘waiting’ user base?

Everyone from professionals to students seem to have more free time on their hands for the next six weeks. What are the best ways to share your product with these possible users in both beta and li...

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I think as true as this seems to be, there is a lot of concern and uncertainty about the future. ... 1 points

If you had to distill your executive style down to first principles, what would they be?

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Take care of people. It was one of our values at KISSmetrics and one I literally live by. I als... 2 points

What are some personal and work habits your practice daily?

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I meditate in different ways. Silent meditation, walking meditation and with various mantras or b... 1 points

What’s your favorite mental model or philosophy?

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I was interviewed on this topic recently by Nathan Baschez and he wrote up wonderful article abou... 4 points

What's something you believe to be true about SaaS that very few other people believe?

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It's absurdly easy for me to hold multiple view points at the same time. So on one hand I believe... 4 points

How's your study of the evolution and state of remote work is going so far?

I've been following you for a while, and it's not a discovery to say that you're looking to pinpoint a real problem that can be solved with software, I'd love to know more about that. What other t...

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This would require a lot of time and typing to answer thoroughly. High-level my take today is th... 1 points

How do you get value from your twitter account?

I see you are following many different accounts. So how can you extract value out of it? There is for sure lots of "noise".

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I've tweeted about this, obviously. Twitter is magical In terms of follower counts, I followed a... 1 points

What is your playbook to come up with business ideas?

This might be long-ish. But how do you come up with idea for business? I know we should be talking to potential customers and finding their problems. But where and how should we start? Do you have ...

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I don't think there is just one way to come up with an idea. Here's an explanation of how we did ... 1 points

What advice do you have for someone who’s running a one man SaaS but does not like the people part of it?

I run a one man SaaS. I’m an out and out developer and love technology. I hate talking to potential clients and marketing/selling my product. In fact so much that I’m actively looking to develop ...

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Double down on competitor research where you focus on understanding what people think about compe... 1 points

What tips would you give companies who were forced to be fully distributed once they go back to in-person or hybrid

I’ve read a number of articles from the likes of Github where they decided to go fully distributed over hybrid because it only works really well if everyone is remote. A lot of companies are going ...

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We had this challenge at KISSmetrics when we went hybrid after years of being fully remote. The k... 2 points

What is one of the most important lessons you've learned about yourself in 2020 so far?

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Uncertainty is something that I am very comfortable with. 3 points

Based on the unprecedented acceleration of remote work and current market gaps, what products or services do you think will end up being much needed and super successful 1-2 years down the road?

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In 1-2 years I think the collaboration technology and availability of high(er) speed Internet wil... 1 points

Asynchronous or Real-time Collaboration. Which one do you prefer?

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It really depends. Scaling distributed teams has taught me that there is a purpose for both metho... 2 points

What self care routines do you maintain in your life?