A listener named Meagan from Wisconsin uses the term flustrated, combining flustered and frustrated– one of many mashed together words she deems Meaganisms. Though Grant applauds her innovation and creativity, Martha points out that flustrate...
If you work in the software industry, you may already know the term dogfooding, which means “to use one’s own product.” Grant explains how dogfood became a verb. This is part of a complete episode.
stimovation n.—Gloss: Innovation plus economic stimulus, two ways that together could improve the economy. «While creating jobs by upgrading the nation’s physical infrastructure may help in the short term, Mr. Atkinson says, “there’s...
nuclear winter n.—Gloss: A period in which investment capital is very hard to come by. «I invest in Silicon Valley companies. In 2001-2004 there was a nuclear winter for deal flow dried up almost 100%. Lots of people going back to...
MTBOO n.— «MTBOO…Mean Time Between Other Offers. It is commonly held that MTBOO for software engineers is 9 months.» —“Get that Gazelle Out of My Space!” by Eliot Redmond Innovation Dec., 2005. (source:...
crater
n.— «Crater…A company that received venture capital that went bankrupt. » —“Get that Gazelle Out of My Space!” by Eliot Redmond Innovation Dec., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)