by jordicabot | Nov 3, 2019 | marketing, product development, productivity, stories entrepreneur
Yesterday, we launched Xatkit on ProductHunt. This is the first time ever I’ve tried to launch a product in PH. And while there is plenty of advice on how to be thoroughly prepare your PH launch and maximize your chances of success, we followed none. Being a...
by jordicabot | Aug 30, 2019 | funding, team
The easiest way to join my team is to bring your own funding. That’s how I funded my own stays both at the PhD and postdoc levels. You wouldn’t believe how many of the people writing to me have not even thought about looking into this option. Many...
by jordicabot | May 2, 2019 | doing research, product development, Research Rants
Most research teams produce a considerable amount of research prototypes and proof-of-concept tools. Quality of these tools is usually low (they may lack documentation, tests, don’t scale,…) and most are abandoned after the paper for which the tool was...
by jordicabot | Feb 4, 2019 | marketing, Research Rants
I bet the time you spend promoting your research every week is close to zero. Once the paper is published and the presentation done (if any), you just move on to the next one. You just assume that the people in need of the solution you created in that paper will find...
by jordicabot | Oct 1, 2018 | publishing, Research Rants
In this Communications of the ACM column we discuss whether research conferences in computer science are too close to new members trying to join the ranks, especially when these new members try to enter the community “alone” (i.e. not publishing together...
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