by Dougal Cameron | Feb 20, 2023 | Blog, Case Study, Startup Insights
Thesis: The highest ROI for a founder is investing in the productive capacity of their people. Mechanical advantage in motion physics is the quantification of force amplification through using a tool. The concept explains the impact on weight handling from a...
by Dougal Cameron | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog, Case Study, Startup Insights
Thesis: Software companies are leveraged-people-service firms. Man-hours are the input and man-hours saved are the output. The better your people, the better the machine. Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances...
by Dougal Cameron | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog, Case Study, Startup Insights
The People Part Sitting at Rice University in the modern coffee shop on campus it is hard to not notice all the various types of people swirling about. The space is open and cold. The coldness of the esthetic exposes the viewer to the grove of oak trees...
by Dougal Cameron | Dec 8, 2022 | Blog, Product, Software Development, Strategy & Playbooks, Technology
Good software takes patience to form into the right cultural fit; complete with the nuances that will ensure permanence. Patience, hard thing! the hard thing but to pray, But bid for, Patience is! Patience who asks Wants war, wants wounds; weary his times, his tasks;...
by Dougal Cameron | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog, Growth Insights, Startup Insights
Customers screaming for features, employees demanding pet projects, competitors encroaching… These are the day-dream nightmares of early-stage software founders. The inputs and feedback hurl toward the founder like a swarm of mosquitoes. It is the perfect environment...