4 non-obvious lessons from a first-time startup founder — 2 years ago this time I switched from being a full-time product manager to a full-time startup founder. Sharing a few non-obvious lessons that I’ve learned: 1. What happens between MVPs When you start a startup to build a new product (one that doesn’t come with a playbook), depending on your product, chances are the…

Teaching is a dying craft that must be revived. — I read a paper in 2019 that proved my convictions about a particular failure in education that had and has bothered me for the longest time. The fact that many computer science faculties assume computer science grades are supposed to be bi-modal by default: meaning on day 1 of school…

What we wish we’d have is what we have yet to build — In a chaotic, dangerous world, I choose to persevere, develop original views about how I want the world to be, and devote my entire life to making that vision a reality. …

In biology there’s a term called Carrying Capacity that refers to the maximum population of animals an ecosystem can contain. …

I read this post and I find it quite intimidating, because you're using an analogy in which there is no good scenario, implying that edtech companies should be sub-optimal by default since all past edtech companies have been sub-optimal. I only agree with the 2nd part of that (all past…

Let me start with a few questions: What are the top 3 problems with the education system, in your opinion? How does your perspective and opinion on this differ from 10 other people with 10 different socioeconomic statuses? Which of these perspectives and opinions are represented in all the education…

I’ve taught programming as a hobby occasionally to kids, to old people, to finance and law students and my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gym buddies, and there hasn’t been a single student who failed to grasp it, because when one teaching method doesn’t work on you, I can keep adapting until…

A product is something you build with a user in mind. Users are the difference between a working software and a product. Therefore, all products are measured by how well they serve some group of people, and how many people use them. There are, of course, products that may not…

I came across a retrospective post that I wrote last year and it reminded me it’s a good time to write a 2-year review post about my growth and learning as Product Manager. …