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How to Fix the Co-Founder Fights You’re Sick of Having — Lessons from Couples Therapist Esther Perel
People & Culture

How to Fix the Co-Founder Fights You’re Sick of Having — Lessons from Couples Therapist Esther Perel

Renowned couples therapist Esther Perel now has her sights trained on helping a different kind of pair: co-founders in the startup world. Here, she reveals her playbook for resolving recurring conflicts and communication failures between co-founders by sharing her favorite techniques for getting to

How to Be a Career-Changing Mentor — 25 Tips From The Best Mentors We Know
People & Culture

How to Be a Career-Changing Mentor — 25 Tips From The Best Mentors We Know

Powerful “aha” mentorship moments can change the course of careers. But while every mentor has experience and wisdom in spades, it’s not always immediately clear how to most effectively share it.

Good Leaders are Great Storytellers — Our 6 Tips for Telling Stories That Resonate
Management

Good Leaders are Great Storytellers — Our 6 Tips for Telling Stories That Resonate

Storytelling isn’t just the domain of marketers or PR — the ability to tell stories supercharges every part of company-building and leadership. We sifted through wisdom from founders and experts to gather the Review's six best tactics on telling stories that inform, persuade and inspire.

Don’t Serve Burnt Pizza (And Other Lessons in Building Minimum Lovable Products)
Product

Don’t Serve Burnt Pizza (And Other Lessons in Building Minimum Lovable Products)

Product builders should aim for lovable, not just viable. Jiaona Zhang (product leader at Dropbox, Airbnb, WeWork and lecturer at Stanford) shares her tactics for building MLPs that win users' hearts.

Step Up Your Sales Coaching Game — Dig Into The Numbers to Help Your Reps Level Up
Sales

Step Up Your Sales Coaching Game — Dig Into The Numbers to Help Your Reps Level Up

Sales managers have an unprecedented opportunity to lean into the numbers and level up as coaches — but in Karen Rhorer's experience, most are leaving this potential untapped.

Announcing First Round Essentials — After Publishing 180+ Articles on Management, We're Releasing Our First Book
Management

Announcing First Round Essentials — After Publishing 180+ Articles on Management, We're Releasing Our First Book

Today we're releasing our first-ever book, rounding up the best management advice we've shared over the years.

The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder
Starting Up

The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder

Gloria Lin opens up about her pre-founder journey, from how to find a co-founder and early conversations, to the set of 50 questions she prototyped to team up on a startup idea.

The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite
Management

The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite

Poor planning can spell disaster for companies and sow distrust among teams. Drawing from their careers at Eventbrite and Airbnb, Lenny Rachitsky and Nels Gilbreth break down their "W Framework" to help startup leaders develop plans, earn alignment and execute effective planning cycles every time.

Ready, Set, Hypergrowth: How Duo's Product Design Lead Primed Her Team for Momentum
Design

Ready, Set, Hypergrowth: How Duo's Product Design Lead Primed Her Team for Momentum

Sally Carson joined Duo as its first product design leader, just as the security startup was ratcheting into hypergrowth. Carson shares her roadmap for scaling the product design function, from advocating for design in an engineering-centric org, to setting up her team for success during rapid growt

40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know
People & Culture

40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know

Given the high-stakes nature of every hire, interviewing chops are always in need of sharpening. We’ve spent the past few months reaching out to some of the most thoughtful company builders in our network to pose a simple question: What’s your favorite interview question to ask and why? Here are the

Reach Out, Stay in Touch and Deepen Your Connections with This Essential Networking Advice
People & Culture

Reach Out, Stay in Touch and Deepen Your Connections with This Essential Networking Advice

Networking isn't a race to rack up contacts — it's a practice of cultivating authentic connections over time. We've rounded up six tactics from the most well-connected people in the business on cutting past the small talk, nailing the follow-up and investing in relationships that thrive.

From Instant Pot to Instagram: Critical Lessons in Startup Community Building
PR & Marketing

From Instant Pot to Instagram: Critical Lessons in Startup Community Building

Bailey Richardson (an early Instagram hire and current partner at People & Company) has studied ordinary people who started extraordinary communities. Here, she shares the nuts and bolts of how startups should approach community building, highlighting eight valuable lessons on how the best communiti

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