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WORK
Matthew Ho,
HACKSfor your startup
CHALLENGING WEEK FOR
PRODUCTIVITY
ABOUT US
● Love TV series, movies & sports● Head of Product Development, Tapmint● Digital Producer background● Worked online for 7 years● Next Digital, Deloitte, Airbnb● Twitter: @inspiredworlds
MATTHEW HO
ABOUT US
● Innovation, rapid experimentation, complete solutions● Native Tongue - First winning team in Startup Weekend in
Australia ● 4 language game apps● 400,000 downloads● Twitter: @tapmint
TAPMINT
1. Mindset
2. Habits
3. Inbox Control
4. Hacking design
5. Presentation
PRODUCTIVITY: Hack it!
1. MINDSET1. Prioritise
2. Ship
3. Decisive
4. Start simple
5. Deadlines
2. PRODUCTIVITY HABITS 1. Routine tasks at set times2. Re-use templates 3. Keep meetings to 20 minutes4. Focus on 1 task - Pomodoro method5. Turn off notifications
2. PRODUCTIVITY HABITS
1. Standup - 5 mins 2. Review priorities3. Eat the frog
MORNING AFTERNOON4. Answer emails 5. Personal errands
2. PRIORITIES DETERMINING PRODUCT PRIORITIES
1. What are our business goals?2. Create a list of user stories3. Use ranking of 1-3 for user stories4. 1 is critical and 3 is nice to have5. What will be the most used feature?6. M means “Minimum in MVP”
2. PRIORITIES
7. If there are too many #1’s use a scale of 1-5, then 1-108. Can create Epics to group user stories9. Rank epics10. Rank user stories within the epic
DETERMINING PRODUCT PRIORITIES
3. CONTROLLING YOUR INBOX 1. Pause incoming emails! Inbox Pause plugin2. Answer emails after reading3. Answer emails in batches4. Respond in 5 lines or less.5. Use Yesware template and track opens/ clicks.
4. HACKING DESIGN - WHY?
1. Crowdsourcing design2. Brainstorming with more people3. Great at concept stage
4. HACKING DESIGN - HOW?1. Wireframes2. Write multiple briefs & compare3. Use a designer to review brief & prepare assets
4. HACKING DESIGN - HOW?4. Feedback twice a day - multi disciplinary5. Bulk purchase credits6. Tapmint designer adds more screens / tweaks
5. OUTSOURCING PRESENTATION
5. DRAFTED SUMMARY
5. REVIEWED OUTLINE
5. REVIEWED SCREENSHOTS
5. ANNOTATED FEEDBACK
5. OUTSOURCING PRESENTATION
1. Drafted summary 2. Emailed two weeks in advance3. Reviewed the screenshots on Odesk4. Communicated via email5. Prepared some summary slides6. Reviewed slides on google drive7. Annotated feedback via google spreadsheet8. Have worked previously together
PROCESS
APPENDIXYeswareHow to use Yesware templates
APPENDIX
APPENDIXBoomerangHow to schedule emails
APPENDIXInbox PauseHow to pause your email
APPENDIXTo Do ListPivotal Tracker
Resources for your productivity hacks
● Rework by 37 Signals http://37signals.com/rework/● Remote by 37 Signals http://37signals.com/remote/● Pomodoro timer - http://tomato-timer.com/● Jason Allan on “Getting stuff Done” http://jasonallan.co/get-stuff-done-to-do-
list/ ● Simple Productivity Hack, Tim Ferris http://www.businessinsider.com.au/tim-
ferriss-productivity-hack-2014-6● How to email virtual assistants, Tim Ferris http://www.fourhourworkweek.
com/blog/2010/11/02/virtual-assistants/
Tools that we use
Email● Boomerang, boomeranggmail.com● Inbox Pause, inboxpause.com● Yesware, yesware.com
Project management, documents, communication● Pivotal Tracker, pivotaltracker.com ● Slack, slack.com● Google Drive, drive.google.com● Google Hangout
Sales● EchoSign, echosign.com● Quoteroller, quoteroller.com● Pipedrive, pipedrive.com
