Google Doc Templates for Startups

[donohoe]

I looked through about 8 of these templates before feeling the need to stop. While the content is mostly solid, the design and layout make them hard to use in practice.

I really appreciate the effort behind this, but they could benefit from a design pass to make them more usable and visually coherent.

[Sam_Odio]

Interesting - these have exactly the design polish I'd expect from working at FB, Twitter, DBX, etc... From what I've seen most of the people I've worked with at those companies care more about the quality of my thinking than the polish of my docs.

Paul - great work. Was thinking of doing the same. I'd love to collaborate on some sort of shared resource/repo of docs like these (github?) and contribute a few of my own.

[farceSpherule]

If only people would document... When I was a SW Eng Mgr, I had to stop approving commits/deploys because engs would not do something as simple as javadoc.

Once people started missing deliverables and having their comp and ratings impacted, documentation shot to 100%.

[pkoullick92]

+1

[yegle]

Nit:

- Decision doc: It'll be great to have a "Stakeholders" section listing each stake holders' name , and they can add their concerns in that section to start discussion.

- Investigation doc: There should be a "things we tried so far" section listing the actions took to validate each hypothesis, and the outcome of those actions, in timeline order.

- 1:1 meeting note: there's a built-in building block support in Google Docs: https://youtu.be/S1ef5vvMT2k

[llbbdd]

I don't disagree outright, but every time I read something like this it's obvious that it doesnt come from experiential success in the relevant area, just kind of a vibe about how things should be done, without tangible proof. IE the legendary Dropbox analysis on here. Never in my professional career have I cared about anything you listed here

[ramon156]

I might not be the target audience, but this screams corporate junk

[Sam_Odio]

I thought the same (“corporate junk”) early in my career... then I had to start getting dozens/hundreds of people to execute in a coordinated fashion against a defensible plan...

[pkoullick92]

:) one man's treasure