- Founder-Market Fit: Why Are YOU the Right Person to Start a Company?👋 Hello, welcome to the Startup Hustle! I’m your guide, Matt Watson. I share weekly tips from my 20+ years of startup founder experience and stories from…
- Harvard MBA vs Startup Founder Experience: Which is Better?👋 Hello, welcome to the Startup Hustle! I’m your guide, Matt Watson. I share weekly tips from my 20+ years of startup founder experience and stories from…
- Is Your Product-Market Fit Problem a Marketing or Product Problem?👋 Hello, welcome to the Startup Hustle! I’m your guide, Matt Watson. I share weekly tips from my 20+ years of startup founder experience and stories from…
- 2 Keys to Achieve Work-Life BalanceWelcome to the new Startup Hustle Newsletter! I have renamed my previous Visionary CTO newsletter. I am also the host of the Startup Hustle podcast and…
- The Danger of Separate Product and Engineering TeamsMany organizations have adopted a structure with separate product management and engineering departments. While this division of responsibilities might…
- The Pitfalls of Low-Code/No-Code SolutionsIn a recent episode of the Startup Hustle podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Farrish, the president and founder of Kudu Solutions.
- Pivoting Your Startup Based on Customer FeedbackAs a founder, you pour your heart and soul into your startup, believing you have the perfect solution to a problem. However, what happens when you realize…
- 10 Things I've Learned Since the AcquisitionWhat is it like to buy a company or buy out a business partner? It's been an exciting and intense 90 days since I bought out my business partner and took…
- The Startup Crash Course Every Software Engineer NeedsWhen I started my career as a software engineer, I had a clear vision of what I wanted: I dreamed of working in a cubicle for a big company, writing the…
- Startups: When Should You Do QA?As a startup founder, one of the most critical decisions you'll face is how much time and resources to invest in testing and quality assurance (QA). It's…
- MVP Developers are MVPsStarting something new is way harder than tweaking something that already exists. This is especially true for software development. Starting a new…
- Why I Avoided Offshore Software Development... Until I Accidentally Used ItSoftware developers are everywhere! We all know someone who hired software developers from India, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. And there are many…
- CTO Career Path: Before & AfterBeing a CTO is a dream job for some people. They want to manage big teams, innovate cool things, or run a unicorn startup.
- The Minivan Loving Practical CTOA CTO is in charge of a company's technology strategy and leadership. At many companies, they also control a huge part of the company budget between…
- My Lens for Growth in 2024I started 2024 as the new CEO of a company. I want to change and improve many things in the company, including engineering, sales, marketing, account…
- Big News! Why I Skipped the Exit and Went All In: The Full Scale StoryThe goal of most startup founders is to get an exit. They want that big payday in the end. I have done that twice and understand why it is highly…
- Overcoming Product Imposter Syndrome: The Key to Startup SuccessHave you ever felt like no matter how much you improve your product, it's never quite up to the mark? Welcome to the world of Product Imposter Syndrome, a…
- What a CTO Does: P.P.A.P. and Startup CTO vs Corporate CTOWhat a CTO does is a mystery for some people. Even for those who work in tech, it is often up for debate. They are like mythical code ninjas that can…
- How to Stop Shipping Code and Start Shipping Value!About once a week, I see someone post on LinkedIn about how fast they can push code to production. They deploy code to production 10 times a day and have…
- How to Measure Developer Productivity the Right Way!In the world of software development, assessing the productivity of developers remains a complex task. Over my two-decade journey in the tech industry,…
