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How to set up a standing desk with a monitor.

About me: I build  Power 20, a suite of mobile exercise apps.  I’ve been using a standing desk since 2011 and so far so good. Not only does my standing desk setup work great, but it also looks great. Once you’ve

Arshad March 6, 2014 Best Practices, Self Improvement 6 Comments Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Use NDAs

It’s natural to want to protect one’s awesome new business idea from copycats and competitors. So it’s not surprising when entrepreneurs start asking everyone they meet to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). This is a bad idea. For the reasons

Arshad March 5, 2014 Best Practices, Fundraising & Equity No Comments Read more

How to Name Your Company

Your company name will be it’s first impression to the world, so it’s important. But it’s also hard because there’s no single right answer, there are many ways to mess up, and someone will always dislike whatever name you choose.

Arshad December 14, 2013 Best Practices 2 Comments Read more

How To Test Business Ideas

While the process of building a business takes time and money, testing business ideas can be fast and relatively easy. Create a video showing what you will offer, explaining the back story and benefits. Use Indiegogo. Use fake products and

Arshad October 16, 2013 Best Practices, Strategy No Comments Read more

3 Ways To Save Your Startup

Launching a startup and guiding it to success is essentially a trial-and-error process of finding product-market fit. We test ideas and concepts on potential customers, then proceed with the ideas customer love most. That’s the ideal. But most of the time

Arshad July 11, 2013 Best Practices, Failing 2 Comments Read more

How To Create a Plan

In 1911, two teams set off on a race to reach the South Pole. In a time before GPS and helicopters, the teams’ survival depended on their wits, fortitude and foresight. One group was led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen

Arshad May 21, 2013 Best Practices, Self Improvement No Comments Read more

How To Build Smarter Teams

Businesses live and die by the decisions they make each day, so management’s decision-making skills should be optimized. New research by Carnegie Mellon professor Anita Williams Woolley and her colleagues shows us that group intelligence is almost always superior to

Arshad April 24, 2013 Best Practices, Culture, Hiring No Comments Read more

Have Coffee With Strangers

Most people are instinctively helpful and, after meeting someone new in person, we almost always want to help them move forward in life. This is why I value in-person meetings even more than in-office work; just about every important idea

Arshad April 18, 2013 Best Practices No Comments Read more

Keeping App Content Fresh

Why didn’t anyone tell me about this? And if they did, why didn’t I listen? I could have saved myself some trouble while building the fast-growing exercise app Power 20 long ago. I finally learned that every mobile app needs

Arshad March 16, 2013 Best Practices No Comments Read more

How To Translate An App

Translating an animation-heavy fitness app like Power 20 into many languages requires significant planning. I made the rookie mistake of building the initial iPhone app without thinking through translation. If I want to translate the app now, I’ll have to

Arshad February 6, 2013 Best Practices 4 Comments Read more
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