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The Secret to an In Sync Startup? Ditch Your Meetings and Try an Asynchronous Culture
As the co-founder and CEO of Subscript, Sidharth Kakkar ditched all the company’s meetings and decided to make the startup’s culture completely asynchronous. He shares his playbook for moving away from a meetings-heavy culture, with three pillars for other founders to lean on.
Run This Diagnostic to Thoughtfully Build (and Evaluate) Your Startup’s Culture
There are tons of reads on why company culture matters, but few on how to actually architect it. And it’s rarely examined at the co-founding duo, 5-person team, or 30-person startup level. Laura Del Beccaro aims to change that by sharing this 3-step framework she’s leaned on while building Sora.
The Company-Building Cornerstones Every Founder Needs to Focus On — Advice From HubSpot’s Dharmesh Shah
Dharmesh Shah has spent the last 15 years as co-founder & CTO of HubSpot. He pinpoints the inflection points and key decisions that other founders face in the early days, from choosing a co-founder to crafting the culture, and shares unconventional advice.
Your Startup’s Management Training Probably Sucks — Here’s How to Make it Better
Plenty of startups leave manager training on the backburner until they become a bigger company — or try to fit it into a 30-minute lunch-and-learn. Melissa and Johnathan Nightingale, founders of Raw Signal Group, unpack why this is a mistake and outline their top tips for management training.
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.
“Get Off the Floor” and Other Career Advice from Microsoft, Looker, Reddit & Twitter
Nick Caldwell's resume includes an enviable list of companies — Microsoft, Reddit, Looker and Twitter. He shares his biggest lessons from each for a crash course in finding success across different company cultures, scales & functions.
The Chief People Officer as PM: Rethinking The Systems & Tools That Run the Company
Credit Karma's Colleen McCreary views her role not as the CEO of culture or happiness, but rather the product manager of the systems and tools that run the company. Here's her advice for approaching compensation, rewards and recognition, performance management, and internal comms with a fresh perspe
