Back in late 2016, I started Armory [Http://www.armory.io]in my garage (pictured above) with my two co-founders. We also applied to Y Combinator. I often have founders ask me if YC is worth it right around now, during YC application season. The short answer is Yes, you

> One of our Armory crew just asked me: At some point, I’d LOVE to hear how you prioritize your tasks and manage your time. I’ve tried a lot of different methods, but nothing has completely stuck… I've tried many approaches: Zero Inbox. GTD. Workflowy. Sublime/

I've recently become an advisor to INROADS, a program I went through twenty years ago, to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed in the business world. Here's my INROADS story – if you're also an alum, I'd love for you to post a

For the past 15 years, I've been really focused on deepening my personal toolbelt when it comes to understanding and de-escalating highly charged personal interactions, and generally how to improve my own personal ability to understand and live with empathy for the incredible people in my life. Fifteen

Back in 2012, when TSLA was $32/share, I wrote this blog [https://drodio.com/im-betting-on-elon/] titled “I’m Betting on Elon,” and I considered TSLA to be a $1,000/share stock within a decade. Now, just 8 years later, it’s trading above $900 a share, valuing Tesla

The deeper Armory goes on our journey to help the world innovate faster by creating an Open Source Culture [https://drodio.com/creating-an-open-source-culture/] that empowers our tribe with Roundabouts, not Stoplights [https://drodio.com/roundabouts-not-traffic-lights/] so we can productize our cultural values intoArmory's software delivery platform [http://www.

Armory [http://www.Armory.io] has more than tripled in size over the past year, and as we've grown, I and my executive team and managers – and indeed the entire company–  have been doing a lot of thinking and evolving on what it means to be a leader

As Armory continues to scale, we're crafting a "Roundabout, not Stoplight" culture because of Conway's law: I spend my days interacting with Global 2,000 CIOs who are trying to figure out how to innovate faster. But the hard truth about unlocking innovation is

I like to do a little exercise when I give a talk (like the one above), which is to ask the room how many golf balls fit in a bath tub. Not because I care about the answer, but because it's interesting to watch the way people answer