Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for...
View ArticleHere are the Scripts for Sales Success — Emails, Calls and Demos That Close...
Seldom do you see sales advice that's so specific, down to the actual language you should use to get customers to say yes. Here, sales expert Peter Kazanjy shares exactly what's worked for him.Continue...
View ArticleHow Does Your Leadership Team Rate?
Upstart Founder and CEO Dave Girouard on the uniquely difficult challenge of evaluating and providing feedback to the leaders at your company.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View Article'Get in the Van' and Other Tips for Getting Meaningful Customer Feedback
Michael Sippey has been building tech products for over 20 years. His most valuable ideas, though? They came from speaking with customers. Here's how.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleHow to Spot and Magnify the Powers of Your Engineering Superheroes
Looker founder and CTO Lloyd Tabb shares how to best recognize and channel the abilities of your most extraordinary engineers. Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThe 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2015
In 2015, we brought you nearly 100 articles chock-full of advice from the best minds in tech. Here, we've distilled this down to the very best, needle-moving insights.Continue reading at First Round...
View ArticleTake on Your Competition with These Lessons from Google Maps
Former Facebook CTO and Quip chief Bret Taylor shares how to dislodge well-established rivals.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleFacebook's VP of Tech Communications on Building a Bulletproof Comms Strategy
Strike a holistic balance between internal and external communications with this advice from Facebook veep (and OutCast co-founder) Caryn Marooney.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleSquare Defangs Difficult Decisions with this System — Here’s How
This is how Square Exec Gokul Rajaram is growing food delivery business Caviar one challenging decision at a time.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThe Only Onboarding Timeline You’ll Need: From Offer to First Friday
Percolate Co-founder Noah Brier shares why your company is only as strong as its onboarding plan. Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleOpenTable's CEO on How to Dodge Company Breakdown as You Scale
OpenTable's leader Christa Quarles explains how startups can spot and survive their breaking points.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleA Primer for Startups and Job Seekers to BOTH Win the Talent War
Tammy Han is a secret weapon for both startups and candidates navigating the frothy tech job market. Here is her comprehensive survival guide.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThis Is How You Design a Lasting Brand — An Inside Look at Gusto's Reinvention
Gusto CEO Josh Reeves reveals the months-long process the company used to change its identity for the better without losing customers or momentum.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleStarting Fires on Purpose — When and How Leaders Need to Break the Rules
Rebelmouse Founder and CEO Paul Berry on those moments when no playbook can help you and you have to go off script — how to do it right.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThis is How Effective Leaders Move Beyond Blame
Next Big Sound's Head of Engineering Dave Zwieback cautions against the perils of blame — and shares how to circumvent them to build a more resilient company. Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThis Company Retains 95% of Its Employees — Here’s Its Secret
Location Labs is known for two things — its impressively low burn rate and its uncanny ability to retain brilliant employees for years and years. Here's how it's managed to hold on to its most valuable...
View ArticleThe Tools Early-Stage Startups Actually Need to Understand Their Customers
Segment Co-founder and CEO Peter Reinhardt has personally test-driven a tool a week for the last three years. Here he shares the toolkit you need to get the most out of your customer data. Continue...
View ArticleThe ‘Adaptable Leader’ is the New Holy Grail — Become One, Hire One
Anne Dwane, CBO at Chegg, has had to adapt a lot in her career as she's started and sold companies. Here's what she learned.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleThe Magical Benefits of the 'Quitter's Mindset'
Ellen Chisa is a renowned product leader and blogger who quit Harvard Business School to try something new. It worked wonders. Here's what happened.Continue reading at First Round Review »
View ArticleTransform Employee Equity Compensation in Two Steps — Here’s How
Three years ago, Amplitude Co-founder and CEO Spenser Skates rewired equity compensation at his mobile analytics startup. Here's why and how he did it. Continue reading at First Round Review »
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