Behzod
@behzod.com
Building a portfolio of play
now-ish — https://behzod.com/now-ish
consulting & advising — https://yetanother.studio
now-ish — https://behzod.com/now-ish
consulting & advising — https://yetanother.studio
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A flag post for my dear brother @behzod.com who through my perfect judgement is an excellent startup operator, organization designer, researcher, drummer, human and friend.
He is a man who understands service and how to be of service.
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He is a man who understands service and how to be of service.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A flag post for my dear brother @behzod.com who through my perfect judgement is an excellent startup operator, organization designer, researcher, drummer, human and friend.
He is a man who understands service and how to be of service.
via flagpost.org
He is a man who understands service and how to be of service.
via flagpost.org
A brief reflection on my first month at Vercel — behzod.com/blog/30-days...
30 Days at the Triangle Factory — Behzod
A brief reflection on my first month-ish at Vercel as Chief of Staff for Product & Engineering.
behzod.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A brief reflection on my first month at Vercel — behzod.com/blog/30-days...
“Be with people who make you feel alive” — an airport reflection
May 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Be with people who make you feel alive” — an airport reflection
August 5th is the next time the sun will set in Seattle before 8pm.
May 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
August 5th is the next time the sun will set in Seattle before 8pm.
Reviewing my past course content as I build "Mastering Customer Feedback" for Reforge (launching in March: www.reforge.com/courses/mast...).
I knew it was long, but I didn’t realize it was 550-page-book long.
I knew it was long, but I didn’t realize it was 550-page-book long.
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reviewing my past course content as I build "Mastering Customer Feedback" for Reforge (launching in March: www.reforge.com/courses/mast...).
I knew it was long, but I didn’t realize it was 550-page-book long.
I knew it was long, but I didn’t realize it was 550-page-book long.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thanks for being a force multiplier for indies.
January 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thanks for being a force multiplier for indies.
Yet Another Year in Review - Year 04.5: behzod.com/blog/yet-ano...
In this (very delayed) annual-ish reflection, I highlight lessons from the first four years of being me-as-service and talk about how I prioritize projects based on earning and learning.
In this (very delayed) annual-ish reflection, I highlight lessons from the first four years of being me-as-service and talk about how I prioritize projects based on earning and learning.
Yet Another Year in Review - Year 04.5 — Behzod
I’ve now been working for myself longer than I’ve had any other job. May 2024 marked 4 years and it felt a bit surreal, not because I didn’t think that I would get here, but because being here has fel...
behzod.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yet Another Year in Review - Year 04.5: behzod.com/blog/yet-ano...
In this (very delayed) annual-ish reflection, I highlight lessons from the first four years of being me-as-service and talk about how I prioritize projects based on earning and learning.
In this (very delayed) annual-ish reflection, I highlight lessons from the first four years of being me-as-service and talk about how I prioritize projects based on earning and learning.
"Every gift you give this holiday season will (most likely) be disposable garbage."
Thank you Kasey for this kind of writing and thinking.
Thank you Kasey for this kind of writing and thinking.
what if everything you touched was made to last?
I wrote about Universal Heirloom:
-why the post-scarcity economy requires ending planned obsolescence
-how to align corporate incentives for value creation over value extraction
-a policy idea for getting us there
www.kaseyklimes.com/notes/2024/1...
I wrote about Universal Heirloom:
-why the post-scarcity economy requires ending planned obsolescence
-how to align corporate incentives for value creation over value extraction
-a policy idea for getting us there
www.kaseyklimes.com/notes/2024/1...
Universal Heirloom: What if everything you touched was made to last? — Kasey Klimes
Every gift you give this holiday season will (most likely) be disposable garbage. Most likely, so will every gift you receive. That’s not your fault or the fault of your loved ones—there simply aren’t...
www.kaseyklimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:39 PM
"Every gift you give this holiday season will (most likely) be disposable garbage."
Thank you Kasey for this kind of writing and thinking.
Thank you Kasey for this kind of writing and thinking.
Feels like we’re moving back into an era of products giving us more levers to control our experience.
I love how elegantly Particle does this for content preferences.
(particle.news)
I love how elegantly Particle does this for content preferences.
(particle.news)
December 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Feels like we’re moving back into an era of products giving us more levers to control our experience.
I love how elegantly Particle does this for content preferences.
(particle.news)
I love how elegantly Particle does this for content preferences.
(particle.news)
"Building a portfolio of play" is how I hope to spend the rest of my professional life — finding great people to collaborate with and letting that be the north star across all that I do.
December 6, 2024 at 7:08 PM
"Building a portfolio of play" is how I hope to spend the rest of my professional life — finding great people to collaborate with and letting that be the north star across all that I do.
Prior to being in tech, I ran social media for a climate change documentary, helped make movies, and built kindness curriculum for kids.
In the last 4.5 years, I've done traditional research and strategy consulting, but also helped a city reimagine downtown, worked on a bag, and run dinner parties.
In the last 4.5 years, I've done traditional research and strategy consulting, but also helped a city reimagine downtown, worked on a bag, and run dinner parties.
December 6, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Prior to being in tech, I ran social media for a climate change documentary, helped make movies, and built kindness curriculum for kids.
In the last 4.5 years, I've done traditional research and strategy consulting, but also helped a city reimagine downtown, worked on a bag, and run dinner parties.
In the last 4.5 years, I've done traditional research and strategy consulting, but also helped a city reimagine downtown, worked on a bag, and run dinner parties.
In doing this, I've somewhat left the "sports" of a traditional corporate environment with established rules, players, etc and am leaning more into "playing" new and different (and sometimes made up) games with people (at least in terms of how I get to show up).
December 6, 2024 at 7:08 PM
In doing this, I've somewhat left the "sports" of a traditional corporate environment with established rules, players, etc and am leaning more into "playing" new and different (and sometimes made up) games with people (at least in terms of how I get to show up).
It's part charter and part challenge.
Since I started consulting/advising, my hope was that I get to work on projects that matter with people I respect. Instead of having a clear set of offerings, I've leaned into being "me-as-a-service" (behzod.com/blog/me-as-a...).
Since I started consulting/advising, my hope was that I get to work on projects that matter with people I respect. Instead of having a clear set of offerings, I've leaned into being "me-as-a-service" (behzod.com/blog/me-as-a...).
Me-As-A-Service — Behzod
A riff on what it’s been like to be a solo studio / service business over the last four years.
behzod.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:08 PM
It's part charter and part challenge.
Since I started consulting/advising, my hope was that I get to work on projects that matter with people I respect. Instead of having a clear set of offerings, I've leaned into being "me-as-a-service" (behzod.com/blog/me-as-a...).
Since I started consulting/advising, my hope was that I get to work on projects that matter with people I respect. Instead of having a clear set of offerings, I've leaned into being "me-as-a-service" (behzod.com/blog/me-as-a...).
One of the recurring themes from talking to other indies/solo studio folks over the last 5 years is the need for more community and conversation as we navigate our practices.
So, if you're interested in a Solo Studio Summit (series?) in January, lmk 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
So, if you're interested in a Solo Studio Summit (series?) in January, lmk 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Solo Studio Summit(s)
I've been fortunate to have dozens of conversations with thoughtful individuals who run some form of a solo practice over the last 5 years. A recurring theme in those conversations is a need for more ...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
One of the recurring themes from talking to other indies/solo studio folks over the last 5 years is the need for more community and conversation as we navigate our practices.
So, if you're interested in a Solo Studio Summit (series?) in January, lmk 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
So, if you're interested in a Solo Studio Summit (series?) in January, lmk 👇🏻
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And morning glory muffins on other days
November 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
And morning glory muffins on other days
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November 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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Fair point — putting something on the calendar to deem it "important enough" to be worth time and attention is a good thing. And doing it poorly so that you realize you want to get better at it can also be a good thing.
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Fair point — putting something on the calendar to deem it "important enough" to be worth time and attention is a good thing. And doing it poorly so that you realize you want to get better at it can also be a good thing.
And maybe *I* need to be more nuanced about the difference between doing something well and the performance of doing something (or the wasted time of that performance).
I'll noodle on that.
I'll noodle on that.
November 27, 2024 at 8:42 PM
And maybe *I* need to be more nuanced about the difference between doing something well and the performance of doing something (or the wasted time of that performance).
I'll noodle on that.
I'll noodle on that.
I think my main contention with "just talk to customers" (especially in the continuous discovery framing) is research at an arbitrary cadence for the sake of “regularly engaging with customers” feels as foolish as filling a water glass every hour, regardless of whether or not you’ve had a drink.
November 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I think my main contention with "just talk to customers" (especially in the continuous discovery framing) is research at an arbitrary cadence for the sake of “regularly engaging with customers” feels as foolish as filling a water glass every hour, regardless of whether or not you’ve had a drink.
I appreciate the feedback — you’re right that I probably should rephrase “nothing” as “no meaningful progress.”
In some cases you do get something out it: you’re led astray per @miekd.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/miek...
In some cases you do get something out it: you’re led astray per @miekd.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/miek...
Or even worse, and much more often so: the wrong thing.
November 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I appreciate the feedback — you’re right that I probably should rephrase “nothing” as “no meaningful progress.”
In some cases you do get something out it: you’re led astray per @miekd.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/miek...
In some cases you do get something out it: you’re led astray per @miekd.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/miek...
🙏🏻🫶🏻
Appreciate you, my friend!
Appreciate you, my friend!
November 26, 2024 at 10:25 PM
🙏🏻🫶🏻
Appreciate you, my friend!
Appreciate you, my friend!
You two should get coffee.
November 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
You two should get coffee.