Daniel R. Sim

As a VP Product, my job is to make the team excellent at what they do.

Once a product teams decides they're going to build something, the natural instinct is to start coding.

I've been an engineer, engineering manager, consultant to engineering teams, founder/CEO, and product leader.

The most beautiful products are created by those that use the product themselves.

For years I thought a dollar was a dollar.

I distinctly remember the moment.

Sometimes your hammer should go searching for nails.

I've been around for sufficiently long now that I feel like I'm writing from a place of experience.

There's a theory that as humans get nicer things, acquiring luxuries, we then view those luxuries as necessities.

Choosing a problem to solve, rather than starting with what you want to build, is the best way to start a business.

I've made a few small angel investments.

Sooner or later, things go wrong if you force them to happen.

In relationships, be that business or personal, I've come to realise that moving at the same velocity is important in making the relationship successful and fulfilling for both parties.

In my 23 years in software, I’ve worked at companies large and small, at different stages of growth, across self-funded, angel, and Series A to C.

Open up Indie Hackers or self-funded Twitter and you'll find a stream of folks excited to quit their job to work on the app they've built that's now reached $10k MRR.