Justin Rosenstein
Justin Rosenstein
Justin Michael Rosensteinis an American software programmer and entrepreneur. He is co-founderand head of product at the collaboration software company Asana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 May 1983
CountryUnited States of America
best channel communication detailed email handled life logistics status suck
Know when to email vs. when to meet. Logistics are best handled over a non-immediate communication channel like email or Asana tasks. Detailed status meetings will suck the life out of your day.
emerges mind neurons success
Just as the mind emerges from the actions of individual neurons and their cooperation, the success of an organization emerges not only from its individual participants, but also from the interplay between them.
amazing chat complex composing create email minute people resolve time topics waste
When topics are complex and meaty, don't create a never-ending email thread. It's amazing how much time people waste composing and reading carefully-worded essays, when a 5 minute in-person chat would resolve the whole thing.
against build compete elaborate human mental models movements natural product unable
The human brain is a product of natural selection. In the face of scarcity, our hominid great-great-uncles were unable to compete against our sapient great-great-grandparents' abilities to build more elaborate mental models and orchestrate their bodies' movements in more sophisticated ways.
energy full great lead leaders less realize time wasted work
When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there's less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things.
degree empowers groups holding leverage manager office passionate people prodigy small technology whether
Whether you're a programming prodigy or the office manager holding it all together, technology empowers small groups of passionate people with an astonishing degree of leverage to make the world a better place.
We know a post-email world is coming. Asana is the first credible post-email application.
ask calls closer double job people phone regularly spend spent time
When I ask people how much time they spend not doing their job - time spent on 'work-about-work' or phone calls or e-mails - people regularly tell me 60, or even 90 percent. So if Asana could take that down closer to zero, we could potentially double the effectiveness of humanity.
business experience products provided seen software user
Historically, software for business was seen as unsexy because the products were seen as so poor - they provided such a poor user experience.
add bringing companies entire evolved exchange extract great hands information insight people services systems
Asana and complementary services are bringing the evolved team brain to the entire world. In great companies like Twitter, Uber, Airbnb, Foursquare, and LinkedIn, people already add information to and extract insight from these systems much the same way our hands and brain exchange signals.
technology opportunity community
We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change.