Reflecting on Toodledo new ownership after the first 100 days reveals real progress. Dear Toodledo Community Member, We wanted to reach out to you as we have marked the first 100 days as new owners of Toodledo and share some (mini-) milestones and improvements that we have made. Understanding Toodledo new ownership helps teams work...
We are excited to announce that we have just joined the Toodledo community as the new owners of Toodledo! (Transition from the previous owners to us began a bit over a week ago.) We know that there are many long-time, loyal and enthusiastic users of Toodledo, and a change in ownership always brings uncertainty. We...
Discovering startup productivity hacks helped us accomplish twice as much. When I joined LinkedIn, I called up one of my interviewers. He had left LinkedIn just as I joined so that he could start a startup. I had asked him for some advice on how to make the most of my time at LinkedIn....
You know, I listen to a lot of feedback from our users. Several users have asked me “Aaron, why don’t you show ads in the task lists of your free users? That way the business earns more and you don’t have to charge users who can’t afford it.” It’s coming from good intentions...
In tech, you hear the phrase “the one metric that matters” (OMTM) a lot. I certainly heard this at LinkedIn. Every year, we re-evaluated our “true north” metric to see if was still where we wanted to go. The idea is that OMTM simplifies where you focus your team’s time and energy. Since it’s a...
Startup recruiting small team talent turned out to be easier than we expected. I’m the CEO of a two-person startup. Before this, I spent five years at LinkedIn. When I was at LinkedIn, I got the impression that it was difficult to attract great talent. We had a compelling vision and mission, smart teammates,...
