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Don't Let Your Product Become a Men's Restroom!

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Men’s restrooms at movie theaters might be the most biologically hazardous cesspools you may ever have the misfortune of experiencing. How does this happen? Do men somehow revert to their prehistoric dispositions? Does the lunar cycle impair accurate aim? Or are men just messy creatures? Here’s my explanation: In the morning, the janitor cleans up the restroom and makes it a welcoming place to empty the bladder. But at some point in the day, one distracted patron accidentally leaves a few droplets on the side of the urinal as he’s finishing up. The next patron comes along and before commencing his business notices the droplets on the floor. Not wanting to step on the mess, he positions himself a little bit further than optimal distance from the urinal all but guaranteeing he makes a bigger mess when he’s done. The next patron sees this bigger mess and positions himself even further away also contributing to the growing mess. The pattern continues until by the end o...

Lean Leadership Lessons

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Intuit CEO Brad Smith, General Counsel Laura Fennell and I spoke at the Lean Startup Conference in San Francisco to share lessons we've learned applying lean startup principles at Intuit (see the video below). To learn  more about the Minimum Viable Products Intuit employees are launching, visit Intuit Labs . Also visit  Innovation at Intuit  to learn more about our culture of innovation.  Finally, check out SparkRent , one of our graduate applications we're very proud of.