Archive - Stay SaaSy

Past results are not indicative of future results.

Jun 26 •

Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend

As people become managers, it’s quite common for their team members to want to commiserate with them.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

AI Makes Bad Managers

Know where AI is a crutch and where it's an abstraction.

May 27 •

Setting Startup Policies

One of your most important activities as an executive, especially at a startup, is to set policies: Sets of guardrails or rules for how company systems…

May 6 •

April 2025

March 2025

Managing People You Can't Fire

A recipe for disaster.

Mar 26 •

Tips For Better Interactions

A collection of practical advice.

Mar 17 •

Blameful Post-Mortems

Fault isn't a four letter word.

Mar 13 •

Delegating Complex Tasks

Mar 10 •

February 2025

Mutually Assured Mediocrity

Maybe the worst state for a company to get in is what I call Mutually Assured Mediocrity.

Feb 18 •

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