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Josh Anon

5 Product Lessons I Learned Making Pixar Movies

I spent my early career as a technical director at Pixar, working on some classic films. When Steve Jobs died, we had a company tribute to…

Jan 4, 2021

Star trails over the front of the Steve Jobs building at Pixar Animation Studios

Jan 4, 2021

Starting Products: When You Have to Guess…

How to make good product decisions when early-stage, pre-product startups are frequently driven by opinions, not data.

Jan 2, 2020

Starting Products: When You Have to Guess…

Jan 2, 2020

Starting Products: The Early Days or Lots of Free Time With Too Many Ideas

This is the second post in my Starting Products series. You can read the first post here.

Dec 27, 2019

Starting Products: The Early Days or Lots of Free Time With Too Many Ideas

Dec 27, 2019

Published in
The Startup

Starting Products: An Introduction and a Lesson

Startups are nuts. And I mean that in a good way! Mostly. There’s a ton to be learned, and the experience is like dog years — 1 year at a…

Dec 17, 2019

Starting Products: An Introduction and a Lesson

Dec 17, 2019

Making Magic Leap One Great

Disclaimer: I used to be a Director of Product at Magic Leap, I haven’t worked there in ~2 years, and I did buy my options/have a solid…

May 27, 2019

Making Magic Leap One Great

May 27, 2019

Getting Started With VR

Why Everyone’s Suddenly Talking About VR And How To Experience It Yourself

Mar 18, 2016

Getting Started With VR

Mar 18, 2016

Mozaik’s Secret Story Accelerator

Behind the Story of Uncommon Stock

Jul 29, 2015

Mozaik’s Secret Story Accelerator

Jul 29, 2015

How to Fail at Raising Money Amidst a Bubble

Apr 17, 2015

How to Fail at Raising Money Amidst a Bubble

Apr 17, 2015

Published in
Business Daily: Startups, Business Development, Management

The Dark Secret of Entrepreneurialism

Looking from the outside, it feels like everything is awesome about being an entrepreneur. But the truth is that everything is not awesome.

Feb 20, 2015

The Dark Secret of Entrepreneurialism

Feb 20, 2015

So You’re Not Building an App?

The challenge of trying to create movies, not widgets.

Nov 13, 2014

So You’re Not Building an App?

Nov 13, 2014

Josh Anon

Josh Anon

Product at Roblox. Formerly product at Embodied, Magic Leap, & Lytro. Ex-Pixar. Views are my own. Find me on Twitter at @joshanon

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