CEO diaries

Tell me about features, not benefits

Nov 2, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

What motivates me as a CEO

Oct 7, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Remote companies can be too asynchronous

Jul 20, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

The magic of a Hacker News Pre-Mortem

Jun 30, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

The really important job interview questions engineers should ask (but don't)

Jun 22, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Our new objective: Nail Self Serve

Jun 10, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Reflecting on YC, 2 years on

May 18, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Counterintuitive lessons about our pricing

Mar 17, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

I used to think you don't need product people. I was wrong.

Feb 18, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Things I learned last year

Jan 9, 2022

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

"How come your website is so nice?"

Dec 9, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Cancer and revenue - the latest board meeting

Nov 12, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Optimize for not breaking up with your co-founder

Sep 10, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Winning from the back - late mover advantage

Aug 25, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Writing for developers

May 20, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

How we justified quitting our jobs and financing PostHog early on

Mar 9, 2021

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

A story about pivots

Jan 21, 2021

CEO diaries

Why you may not need a sales team

Aug 18, 2020

CEO diaries

After the HN launch

Mar 1, 2020

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  James Hawkins

CEO diaries

Pivot to PostHog

Feb 25, 2020

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  James Hawkins