I recently shared some amazing reads: Hopkins undergrads created a quieter leaf blower that might hit stores in two years, an article on how avoiding common pitfalls can lead to startup success, and a piece about a product team balancing trade-offs to keep their popular but imperfect product evolving. Dive into these stories for some inspiration!

• Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower: Patent-pending design by Hopkins undergrads could be available in stores within two years
• Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy: Why do startups typically fail? It turns out that “avoiding those things” is already a plan for success.
• Surfing through trade-offs: Let’s say there’s a product team that has shipped a successful product. It’s a bit janky, but customers love it, and they’re constantly adding new features to it with a speed that delights their…