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Tune in for the results of the 2nd annual Slow December at Fibery. Contrary to popular belief, it was not just about chilling and procrastinating: our team experimented a lot and shipped features that you might already be using.

Yes, Fibery is a good alternative. But there's a plethora of other options. Hop on the train and sift through all the product management tools that can serve as Productboard replacements.

Picking the right product management tool isn't easy. But what if we told you that first, you need to decide if you need an opinionated or unopinionated tool? Take the red pill and embark on a journey to find the solution that actually fits your processes.

And why you will love it eventually. An emotional survival guide for those who feel lost. Part 1 out of many.

Slow December was an initiative taken by the Fibery team to take a break from their usual work routine and work on personal projects without the pressure of deadlines or mandatory meetings. The team members benefited from reduced anxiety 😌, restored energy, and increased creativity 🎈

It's a rant. If you are not prepared for aggressive style, bad words, and existential crisis, don't read this article. It was a warning. It's a rant.

Dissatisfaction leads to progress—in business, personal development, and software development in particular. Learn how to embrace frustration to get the best things done.

How we tried to pick an objectively good activation event for our non-linear product and invented something else instead.

Does a CEO have to love small talk and networking? Behold eight tips on how to avoid it and still be a successful introverted CEO.

Imho, HR is overrated. Learn to run a company without HR department and with a high level of employee engagement and streamlined company culture.

How to accept criticism? I can be straightforward about it. Only through practicing a lot with it.

How to achieve the state of determinate optimism and why does it matter in Product Management.

I won’t tell you about any widely-known tricks or common questions like if a person is stressed, talk about some everyday stuff first. Let's dig deeper.

How to motivate team without actually doing anything? Check out this article for 3 tips for employee motivation in software development.

Read this post to find out the only reasonable way of how to split equity in a startup fairly, efficiently, and without losing trust in your co-founders.

How many meetings should I squeeze in my day? Which team meeting to attend, which to ditch? What’s the hourly cap for meetings in one’s life? Let’s discuss!

Achieve transparent work culture and mutual trust at your company in three hard, challenging, yet very efficient steps. Works for a remote team as well.

Why do we work from Monday to Friday and who said it’s optimal for software development or the creative industry?

I believe that luck (random positive events) plays a paramount role both on peronal and company levels. Read this blog post to see how even one random chance can have a great impact.

Forget these interview questions 🙅‍ and never ask them your potential employees in software development (or elsewhere).

Goals and KPIs can destroy the workflow. How can meaningful objectives be disruptive? Learn to avoid the mess in setting goals and KPIs in just one simple step.

Find out how a startup founder should profit from both entrepreneur self-doubt and confidence—especially when the product needs to be tested yet.

If your discovery process involves the same handful of people, opportunities may be overlooked because the insights that would lead you to them are never acknowledged.

It’s never too late: read these 8 easy, frank tips on overcoming fear of public speaking and learn to speak confidently on stage.

Use this easy rule of thumb to know when to close a startup instead of staying a “promising company” that won’t deliver anything in the next ten years.

Check out what transparency in the workplace can bring your company — and how no transparency screws everything up.

Learn from my experience of how to focus on work when Slack and Facebook lure you into talks.

There is an important decision to make: build a lifestyle business or a startup? And the sooner you decide, the sooner you will stop worrying and start living.

Quite many top startups had a transformative near-death experience that changed everything and help them to find a path to success.

In this article I tried to briefly review all possible ways to add automation layer into a system.

Wiki concept is not new. But in Fibery it has a new twist.

We create Fibery.io based on several main principles. They are short, deep and concrete.

It’s tempting to download the first roadmap template you find. But you should avoid them, if you’re serious about building a sustainable self-sufficient business.