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This Is How to Build a Collaborative Text Editor Using Rails
April 18, 2018
This Is How to Build a Collaborative Text Editor Using Rails

It is a painful realization. You just added a beautiful, multi-page description into your bug tracker’s text editor, complete with photos and a short screencast. Then…

Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor
April 17, 2018
Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor

A whole lot of “busy.” The person in the grocery store tapping out messages between two cell phones at once. The jogger whose eyes keep darting to the notifications…

How Product Marketers Want to Work With Product Managers
April 16, 2018
How Product Marketers Want to Work With Product Managers

It was a big product launch. This was several years ago when I was on the marketing team at a multinational organization. We had been working hard to build out content…

The Founder’s Paradox: How Do You Build a Company Without Venture Capital When People Want to Give You Lots of Money?
April 13, 2018
The Founder’s Paradox: How Do You Build a Company Without Venture Capital When People Want to Give You Lots of Money?

“Can we grab a cup of coffee?” For some reason, this has become the casual beverage of choice for venture capitalists and just about anyone else who wants to get together…

5 Skills You Need to Lead Enterprise Transformation
April 12, 2018
5 Skills You Need to Lead Enterprise Transformation

Enterprise transformation has been a popular topic on this blog lately. By now, you should be familiar with the framework I have laid out. And you may be wondering how it…

Just Launched! — New Web Notifications Alert You to Updates in Aha!
April 11, 2018
Just Launched! — New Web Notifications Alert You to Updates in Aha!

Engineering just shipped the latest release. The UI team finalized three designs. Marketing has a new blog post ready for product review. And it all happened this…

Is There a Squirrel in Your Office?
April 10, 2018
Is There a Squirrel in Your Office?

A squirrel has invaded your office. Yikes. Check out these warning signs that a squirrel is running around your office and learn what you can do.

This Is How You Build a Radically Responsive Product Development Team
April 9, 2018
This Is How You Build a Radically Responsive Product Development Team

“I wish we could work this fast.” This is something our Aha! team hears a lot. It is true that our team works fast — really fast. Faster than any team I have ever worked…

My Name Is Nathaniel Collum — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
April 6, 2018
My Name Is Nathaniel Collum — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

It was my first year of high school. I was doing fine scholastically, but I did not yet have a passion — my “thing.” So I decided to pursue two things that genuinely…

7 Blogs to Help Build Your Leadership Skills
April 5, 2018
7 Blogs to Help Build Your Leadership Skills

What brought you to this blog today? Was it curiosity? Your desire to be a better leader? Probably both — those two are inseparable. Technology changes so fast these…