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We’re in a rhythm the past couple weeks. Last week we shipped our first Android App. Over the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out some new exciting capabilities. Yesterday in the office I exclaimed, “We’re ‘collaborating’ here, making things happen, this is great.” To which our head developer (my cofounder) replied, “Yeah… We’re collaborating the hell out of each other!” I loved it so much, I wrote it down.

Collaboration isn’t easy. Not much of what we do as entrepreneurs is. ‘Quality’ collaboration, collaboration that produces real results, is damn hard. For one thing, it can’t be forced, it has to “come.” But ironically, it rarely happens by accident. And while it may sometimes, we can’t sit around waiting for it. So here are a few thoughts about setting the stage for “collaborating the hell out of each other” – which to me will henceforth describe the highly productive zone of effective collaboration you know you’re in when you’re shipping great results and you feel that tired euphoric feeling at the end of the day. Continue reading →