Jacob Varghese

Yesterday. The second best time is today. Aim to learn. You will probably learn what not to do before you arrive at what you should do.

Provide clarity on the quarterly goals and objectives and then track progress on a weekly basis to guide and manage towards those objectives. Step 1: Define the right quarterly KPIs (aligned with yearly company objectives) for success. e.g.: X$ in revenue in q1, 5 blog posts written in q1, 15 new customers q1. Make the KPIs SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timebound) Step...

You will be overwhelmed in some way or another when you seek growth. Having reported to and advised dozens of CEOs and executives, I have found that no one knows everything. And everyone learns as they go at one point or the other. If you are not at least a bit uncomfortable, you are probably not challenging yourself enough. Be an imposter and grow out of it. Until you are faced with the...

3 x 6 to 9 km runs/week. 3 x Weight room sessions/week. 1 rest day. At least 1 x plant-based meal a day. Intermittent fasting for 16 hrs.

A really useful tool for any SaaS and Product team. Well done! I can also see marketing teams trying to leverage this across review sites, incentivize reviews etc. Perhaps there is also a way to consolidate these reviews into Great Question at some point. Repurposing content easily from within Great Question for sales enablement would be another idea.

Your marketing has to connect the user to the value of the product. The product has to deliver on the value promise. If you do this consistently you have a brand that will be bigger than both.

Good job. I've been using Adobe Premiere since their version 3.0, if I remember right. I've also been hiring freelance editors and have used more than one in-browser video tools. This one seems to be very intuitive compared to anything else I've seen recently. I'll be giving it a try to see if it holds up. Well done!

Instant demos, if you can do it, would work better in early stage as the product is getting off the ground and as you try to define product-market fit and are trying to collect as much data as possible. It may get progressively difficult to deliver these instant demos as you scale especially if you consider the fact that not everyone should receive a demo as they may not be a good fit for...

Remote for me. I tend to be more productive when remote. I recently worked for 2 companies. One was built for remote from the get go. This was in pre-covid times and coming into that environment from an office set up was a shock—mainly because how efficient it was and how productive I got due to the reduction commute and related prep. Then I moved to an office environment for 2 years before...