Fortune’s Path: the Blog
Our collection of ideas and tools for building great products and leading a life founded on love. Because the best way to get rich is to help others.
Product Management: Software Development Shop FortyAU Develops its PM Chops
Even the most talented developers in the world need to practice product management to build something great. That’s why FortyAU turned to Fortune’s Path to develop their internal product management competency.
Walter Hindman: Junkdrop and Charity for Profit
How many of us have founded a profitable $800k business by the time we’re 26? Not many, but Walter Hindman has.
The company Walter founded, Junkdrop Nashville, connects those with too much with those with not enough. Learn why Walter never wants to sell anything he collects, why ecologically sensitive disposal is so important to his business, and what he loves most about being a leader.
Teja Yenamandra: How You Know it's Time to Raise Money
Why would you take on investors when you already have a profitable business you had boot strapped yourself? Is the advice you get from investors as important as the money? Are remote software teams as popular as they were during COVID? Teja Yenamandra, CEO and co-founder of Gun.io, a platform for matching tech talent with the best organizations, tackles all of these questions in this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.
Cooper McGoodwin: Prioritization and Delegating to a Two Year Old
Vice President of Product for Thnks, an on-line gratitude platform, Cooper McGoodwin talks about being a boss, pitfalls of agile and scrum, prioritization, and being a dad.
Learning Management Systems: Healthcare Provider Finds Millions in Efficiencies
Margins are always thin in healthcare. That’s why it’s important to operate at peak efficiency. One of the nation’s largest healthcare providers turned to Fortune’s Path to do just that.
Ben Kettle: Why Product and Sales are the Same Job
Ben Kettle, head of growth for Gun.io, a technology company dedicated to helping tech talent love who they work with, talks about what sales and product management have in common, how he finds great talent, and why listening and being good to others gives you power, in this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.
Experience is Not the Same Thing as Trust
Writer and actor Mary Frances Noser reflects on trusting ourselves enough to earn the trust of others, no matter our formal experience.
Not All Monopolies Are Bad
Not all monopolies are bad. If your business does not abuse its power, it should strive to build a monopoly because competition kills profits.
How to Price a SaaS Product
Tom gives a mini-lesson on the strategy behind SaaS pricing.
Price should be based on perceived value, and perceptions are based on emotions. You still need a rational, defensible theory about the value of your product. Know your primary objective when pricing your product: acquire users, generate revenue, generate profit, or capture market share. Pick one.
The Tyranny of Genius: How the Idea of Individual Genius Holds us Back
The model of the individual genius does not encourage great thinking. It holds us back from community, discourages risk taking, and obscures truth. Thinking is a group activity.
There is no such thing as a completely original thought. Individuals can have insights, but groups of people create works of genius. Our approach to thinking and the manner in which we implement our ideas is what helps genius flourish.