38 Stories by Mattan Griffel
True story: I recently made a microscope out of an old computer charger box, the lens from of a CDROM drive, and a bunch... How will your company make money? You should have an answer to the question “How will your company make money?” early on. You may... Fundraising is complicated. We’ve Been There and We’re Here to Help You Through It. The early days of a company can be utopian: a... How to Setup Vagrant for Rails Overview This will take about 20 minutes. Vagrant is a tool to automatically setup a development environment inside... Wait — you just started a company, why do you need an exit strategy? The nature of being the head of a venture-backed startup is that... When you’re a founder, you take a lot of feedback on different things. It doesn’t quite get annoying, that’s not the right word for... What is the Pomodoro Technique? Pomodoros are a simple learning and productivity technique. We all get burnt out or spend time doing stuff that’s... I often get asked the question: “What programming language should I learn?” If you’re totally new to programming I highly recommend Ruby on Rails.... As someone who learned how to code pretty recently, I’m frustrated by the way that coding is taught to beginners. I wanted to learn... 