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How to leverage intuition, customer support, and raw effort | Colin Zima (Omni & Looker)
Colin Zima is the co-founder and CEO of Omni, a business intelligence tool that has raised over $26.9m. Prior to starting Omni, Colin was Chief Analytics Officer and VP of Product at Looker, which was acquired by Google for $2.6b.
The go-to-market guide for open-source companies — Douglas Hanna, COO Grafana Labs
Our guest today is Douglas Hanna, Chief Operating Officer at Grafana Labs. Grafana Labs is an observability stack built around Grafana, a leading open-source technology for dashboards and visualization. Douglas is a seasoned revenue leader, previously leading operations and GTM strategy at Zendesk.
Why everything we’ve been taught about quitting is wrong — Annie Duke
Our guest is Annie Duke, a retired pro poker player and First Round’s Special Partner focused on Decision Science and author of the bestselling book, “Thinking in Bets.”In today’s conversation, we’re talking about her follow-up to that book, titled “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away.”
The Design Leadership Playbook: How to Hire, Onboard & Manage a High-Impact Design Org
From the high-level perspective of what makes for a great design leader, to the tactical suggestions around the slide that needs to be in your portfolio presentation, Twilio & Segment's Hareem Mannan shares useful advice for every stage of a designer's career.
Take your design org from good to great with these principles from Segment to Twilio — Hareem Mannan
Today’s episode is with Hareem Mannan, who was a product design leader at Segment for nearly four years, and joined Twilio as a Senior Director of Product, Enablement & Design following the company’s acquisition of Segment.
A UX Research Crash Course for Founders — Customer Discovery Tips from Zoom, Zapier & Dropbox
Zoom’s Jane Davis answers all of your tricky customer development questions, creating a highly tactical guide for founders flying solo on UX research as they explore startup ideas, validate concepts, iterate on prototypes, and troubleshoot common product problems.
Go unreasonably deep on complex problems and build with naivety — Bowery Farming’s Irving Fain
Today’s episode is with Irving Fain, founder and CEO of Bowery Farming. Bowery is a modern farming company that grows produce indoors, free from pollutants and using significantly less water and space.
Ask why it won’t work — Rick Song’s lessons from Square and building from 0 to 1
Today’s episode is with Rick Song, the co-founder and CEO of Persona, a platform that enables companies to create the ideal identity verification experience for their customers. Before founding Persona in 2018, Rick was an engineer at Square for 5 years, and an early team member at Square Capital.