Essay · ~7 min read

Development Cadence

Megan Quinn · Medium Free Intermediate

A short investor essay arguing for shipping internal betas to your team on a regular weekly basis to keep momentum. It reinforces the exact habit in our answer: insist on something visible every week, even if it is small. Quick and quotable.

  • Ship something to the team every week, even if small.
  • Showing work regularly builds momentum and accountability.
  • Motion sustains motion, so never break the weekly beat.
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The question it answers

  1. How do I run a weekly ship cadence when I am non-technical and depend on a dev agency or freelancers?

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