Giff Constable writes about lean startup practice, customer development interviews, product teams, co-founders, and selling a company.
HN commenters link his customer development interview tips (learn, don't sell) and his post on product team working agreements.
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Also, I've called it Working Agreements. Here is a great post about them - https://giffconstable.com/2016/03/getting-tactical-product-team-working-agreements/
http://giffconstable.com/2011/07/12-tips-for-customer-development-interviews-revised/
"make sure that you're learning, not selling!"