Venture Studio

July 12, 2025
Sprint 5: The Devs Stole the Stakeholder’s Spotlight; I Stole My CTO’s Job
“Congratulations, team.” Goes on to mention specific people who played a role, but not himself, even though he played a major one too. That’s typically our stakeholder when there’s a […]
June 30, 2025
Sprint 4: We tried our own dog food. No one died.
To serve what you’ve cooked, you need to taste it first. Else, how do you know if it’s bland or even followed the recipe? Same goes for your dogs. Even […]
June 16, 2025
Sprint 3: Playing Need for Speed with a Sleeping Engineer.
In product development, you play Need for Speed. But unlike the game, you’re not racing cars. Your opponent is the timeline. And in this race, speed is everything. This sprint, […]
June 6, 2025
Sprint 2: The Frontend Dev Demo’ed & The Designer Unmuted His Mic… Fight?
“Product development is messy, unpredictable, and full of surprises.” Remember that line from the intro blog of this series? Yeah… this sprint surprised me. The Accidental Dev Moment Who would’ve […]
June 3, 2025
Sprint 1: The Blocker That Almost Blocked Our Shine.
The designer moved his first ticket to the “In Progress” column, and I thought we were on track— until I checked in two days later and got hit by the […]
June 2, 2025
Build Log: Notes from the 8 Venture Studio.
In 6 sprints, we’re setting out to build a cool AI-powered tool in the 8 venture studio to improve learning outcomes. Our focus is just one thing: deliver a minimum […]