Giff Constable
giffconstable.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Giff Constable writes about lean startup practice, customer development interviews, product teams, co-founders, and selling a company.
What HN saysHN commenters link his customer development interview tips (learn, don't sell) and his post on product team working agreements.
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jbarmash · 2018-06-05
Also, I've called it Working Agreements. Here is a great post about them - https://giffconstable.com/2016/03/getting-tactical-product-team-workin…
lizc · 2010-07-29
We offer low pay, no health insurance and we won't pay for your visa (its bad enough we have to pay for mine).
Our work environment is bozo free, the code-base is not some gigantic mess (woo!), and we won't make you conform to some "big company" set of software engineering practices (we don't have time).
We are an NYC-based startup building a curation and machine-learning based product discovery engine, focused on the long tail of ecommerce. Our product is in live beta. We've got an experienced core team (see https://aprizi.com/static/about or take a look at our CEOs blog: http://giffconstable.com/)
If you are an NYC hacker interested in part-time work with the possibility of a full-time position down the track, someone who wants to get in early... get in touch! Internships are also a possibility for the right people. For more info contact [email protected]
richcollins · 2011-09-15
http://giffconstable.com/2011/07/12-tips-for-customer-development-inte…
"make sure that you're learning, not selling!"