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We hear little about bootstrapped companies, despite bootstrapping being an effective way to get up and running. We cover five successful bootstrapped firms you’ve probably not heard of – until now

Development teams at the highest level focus on interpersonal soft skills and quality interaction just as much as technical aptitude.

The key is to understand the difference between habits, routines, and rituals, and to design a life where your daily actions allow you to play with the entire spectrum of consciousness.

Learning from Entrepreneurs, Rickshaw Drivers and Poker-PlayersThe two founders of WhatsApp applied for a job at Facebook back in 2009, but their applications were rejected. Instead they went on t…

Australian actor advocates trying hard, but not too hard – if you operate at 85% capacity you’ll be more relaxed and perform better

How elite coders outperform the rest

Here Richard Holman discusses some of the most common questions, doubts and problems that have come up in his five years as a creative coach

When you hesitate to ask for what you want or need, you aren't just missing out on immediate rewards or opportunities. You're also doing a disservice...

Patrick Collison, the CEO and co-founder of Stripe, maintains a list of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together titled Fast. On the page, he talks about The Eiffel Tower (739 days), Boeing 747 (930 days), JavaScript (10 days), Git (17 days), The Empie State Building (410 days), and more. Why do ambitious things sometimes come together so fast? * Right time, right place. Sometimes, groundwork from many disparate threads comes together, making the previously impossible possible.

The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.