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Unpacking 5 of Atlassian’s Most Unconventional Company-Building Moves
Product

Unpacking 5 of Atlassian’s Most Unconventional Company-Building Moves

After a 12-year run at Atlassian, Jay Simons digs into how the company's story runs contrary to conventional startup wisdom, unpacking their product-led growth flywheel, reliance on channel partners, strategy for launching new products, and slow-burn enterprise strategy.

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020
Management

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2020

We've rounded up 30 standout, must-share insights from the articles we published over the last year. Read on for the most impactful pieces of advice we heard in 2020 — presented with hopes that you can apply them for whatever's to come in 2021.

Fresh Off IPO, Upstart’s CEO Shares Why the Startup Isn’t a Typical Success Story
Starting Up

Fresh Off IPO, Upstart’s CEO Shares Why the Startup Isn’t a Typical Success Story

Upstart was founded by three individuals who barely knew each other, was forced to make a company-saving pivot, and flew under the radar in Silicon Valley for the past 8 years — but this once-scrappy startup just went public.

A Tactical Guide to Managing Up: 30 Tips from the Smartest People We Know
Management

A Tactical Guide to Managing Up: 30 Tips from the Smartest People We Know

Top startup leaders share their best tips for managing up, including communication tactics, building trust, and goal setting with your manager.

How This 5X Founder Creates an Internal Culture With a “Crazy Focus” on Storytelling
Management

How This 5X Founder Creates an Internal Culture With a “Crazy Focus” on Storytelling

As David Cancel puts it, they are “obsessed with story internally” at Drift. From the inspiration they’ve taken from the screenplay writing world, to how storytelling training is part of their onboarding, we dig deep into how he created this culture as the CEO.

The Case for Adding DesignOps to Your Org Chart — Lessons From InVision
Design

The Case for Adding DesignOps to Your Org Chart — Lessons From InVision

Drawing on her experience in design operations at InVision, Automattic and Hot Studio, Alison Rand explains what DesignOps can achieve for your startup, and how to get a successful team up and running.

The First-Time Founder’s Guide to Learning Everything the Hard Way
Starting Up

The First-Time Founder’s Guide to Learning Everything the Hard Way

Steve El-Hage picks his head up and shares his biggest lessons as a first-time founder from the 8-year, heads-down journey of building Drop.

Build Products That Solve Real Problems With This Lightweight JTBD Framework
Product

Build Products That Solve Real Problems With This Lightweight JTBD Framework

Drawing on her experiences building products at Lumosity, Oculus, and Facebook's New Product Experimentation group, Sunita Mohanty shares a lightweight "jobs-to-be-done" framework for early-stage product teams, along with templates and go-to-market tactics.

Finding Startup Ideas and Building in Heavily-Regulated Spaces — Lessons from Cash App & Carbon Health
Product

Finding Startup Ideas and Building in Heavily-Regulated Spaces — Lessons from Cash App & Carbon Health

Ayo Omojola shares his lessons for going unreasonably deep when building products in heavily-regulated industries like healthcare and financial services with Carbon Health and Cash App.

6 Counterintuitive Rules for Being a Better Manager — Advice from Lambda School, Quip & Facebook
Management

6 Counterintuitive Rules for Being a Better Manager — Advice from Lambda School, Quip & Facebook

Molly Graham shares her collection of rules for managers (which include references to robots and wilderness medicine), assembled from her experiences scaling Lambda School, Quip and Facebook

Your Marketing Org is Slow. Here’s a Framework to Move Faster.
PR & Marketing

Your Marketing Org is Slow. Here’s a Framework to Move Faster.

Former Gusto marketing leader Jaleh Rezaei shares a six-step framework for how marketers can "get out of the basement" and start thinking speed-first.

The 40 Best Questions to Ask in an Interview — How to Go Deeper Than “What’s the Culture Like?”
People & Culture

The 40 Best Questions to Ask in an Interview — How to Go Deeper Than “What’s the Culture Like?”

Top startup leaders shared their favorite thought-provoking questions for candidates to ask during an interview to stand out from the crowd and gain in-depth knowledge about the company, the team, and the role.

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