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Dec 29, 2022

3 Best Geospatial Python Libraries

Python libraries for working with geospatial data, GIS, and mapping — 1. GeoPandas If you want to start working with geospatial data in Python (and you already know how to use Pandas), the GeoPandas library would be my first recommendation of where to start. GeoPandas works a lot like regular Pandas, but GeoPandas adds support for the geographic component of geospatial data. GeoPandas…

Geospatial

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3 Best Geospatial Python Libraries
3 Best Geospatial Python Libraries
Geospatial

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·Sep 3, 2022

Is Renting Actually Better Than Buying?

A mathematical approach to finding the answer With more and more hedge funds and investment firms buying up homes, many may be wondering whether it’s their last chance to get the security that comes from home ownership. But when we look at the math of the current housing market, that…

Investing

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Is Renting Actually Better Than Buying?
Is Renting Actually Better Than Buying?
Investing

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Aug 5, 2022

Day-To-Day Product Marketing

A raw first-hand account of what product marketers actually do at tech companies I spent the last year as the Global Head of Product Marketing at a tech startup called Near which just announced its IPO. Prior to that, I spent 2 years as the Head of Marketing at a…

Product Marketing

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Day-To-Day Product Marketing
Day-To-Day Product Marketing
Product Marketing

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Aug 4, 2022

What is Product Positioning

Product marketers are responsible for product positioning, but how many really understand what that means? I spent the last year as the Global Head of Product Marketing at a tech startup called Near which just announced its IPO. Prior to that, I spent 2 years as the Head of Marketing…

Product Marketing

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What is Product Positioning
What is Product Positioning
Product Marketing

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Sep 17, 2021

This Terrifying Poster Motivates Me More Than Coffee

How facing your own mortality can make you more productive My Life in Weeks This poster shows your life in weeks. It shows the past and — based on life expectancy — it shows the future. Each box is one week. At 32 years old, I’ve got a lot of full boxes. Each row…

Stoicism

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This Terrifying Poster Motivates Me More Than Coffee
This Terrifying Poster Motivates Me More Than Coffee
Stoicism

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Aug 25, 2021

This is why you keep failing at changing your life

Personal change has two parts, but we only pay attention to one Originally published on my personal blog as Why people fail at making big life changes. Behavior vs Evaluation Let’s say you want to change something about yourself. You want to lose some weight, get better at chess, or be less anxious…

Personal Development

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This is why you keep failing at changing your life
This is why you keep failing at changing your life
Personal Development

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Aug 23, 2021

What SAAS Metrics do Investors Care About Most?

Aspiring startup founder notes From my notes on the Y-Combinator talk by Anu Hariharan #LearnInPublic #LearnByWriting 🚨 tl;dr: SAAS company growth is best measured through MRR (monthly recurring revenue), ARR (annual recurring revenue), MRR churn (loss of MRR), and Paid CAC (customer acquisition cost). ☁️ What is SAAS? As everyone Knows, SAAS is software-as-a-service…

Startup

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What SAAS Metrics do Investors Care About Most?
What SAAS Metrics do Investors Care About Most?
Startup

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Aug 19, 2021

What Enterprise-Sales Metrics Do Investors Care About Most?

Notes from an aspiring startup founder From my notes on the Y-Combinator talk by Anu Hariharan #LearnInPublic #LearnByWriting 🚨 tl;dr: An enterprise model for a startup means that your startup is primarily selling to big shiny enterprise customers. The most important metrics are Bookings, Total Customers, and Revenue. When distinguishing…

Sales

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What Enterprise-Sales Metrics Do Investors Care About Most?
What Enterprise-Sales Metrics Do Investors Care About Most?
Sales

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Aug 17, 2021

Writing: You’re Doing It Wrong

3 things to remember to get more personal value out of your writing We’ve all seen those headlines: “How I make $5,000 per month on Medium.” “How I turned writing into a full-time job.” “How to get rich on YouTube.” I once even saw someone trying to get me to…

Self Help

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Writing: You’re Doing It Wrong
Writing: You’re Doing It Wrong
Self Help

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Aug 17, 2021

How to Talk to Your Startup Users

Aspiring Startup Founder Notes #LearnInPublic I recently watched this talk by Eric Migicovsky at Y-Combinator on how to talk to users. Here are my notes. 👾 Initial thoughts from Sean Talking to users is an interesting topic because it seems like something that should happen at a later stage. I worked at a startup where…

Startup

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How to Talk to Your Startup Users
How to Talk to Your Startup Users
Startup

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