At Appfluence, we have learned a lot about creating a company from scratch, and what makes a product useful to our customers. Here are a few pieces of information that we would like to share about how to prioritize tasks and make decisions as a small business owner/startup company founder. Stay focused Create and maintain…
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Using design thinking to improve personal productivity
Design thinking is a methodology that encourages the use of empathy, creativity, and collaboration in solving problems or generating ideas. Companies like IDEO use design thinking as a foundation for their design consulting services, and these methods have relatively recently made its way into higher education. Stanford University, Northwestern University, and UC Berkeley are just a…
Read moreWhat ocean swimming taught me about goal setting
A few years back I joined a triathlon team at the local YMCA. I’ve always been interested in endurance sports. I’m an avid cyclist, and had just completed the Los Angeles marathon, so I figured if I added a bit of swimming to the mix I would be a super athlete. Interestingly enough, swimming turned…
Read moreWhat is Scrum?
In recent years, agile methodologies have taken root in the software development world thanks to the popularization of techniques like Scrum or Kanban. At Appfluence, we try to ‘eat our own dog food’, and we use Priority Matrix to organize and plan our work. In the past few weeks, we have taken the approach of…
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