Management The Pivotal Stories Every Startup Leader Should Be Able to Tell Since starting his career as a U.S. Marine, Don Faul has led operations at Facebook, Pinterest and now Athos. Here are the stories he tells to rally big teams to do their best work.
Sales The Three Frameworks You Need to Kick-start Sales TalentIQ VP of Sales Whitney Sales offers three indispensable exercises for startups seeking to build their early sales function and tally their first deals.
Fundraising The Fundraising Wisdom That Helped Our Founders Raise Billions in Follow-On Capital First Round launched its Pitch Assist program to help founders raise follow-on capital. Here are the most important fundraising lessons we share.
Management The Science of Speaking is the Art of Being Heard Reboot.io founder and professional coach Khalid Halim has drawn from his training in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to help top-tier tech leaders better communicate and resonate with their growing teams.
Management One Founder, Both Sides of the M&A Table — What All Startups Can Learn from His Experience Jeff Seibert sold two startups back-to-back, and now regularly advises Twitter on acquisition deals from the inside. Here's what all founders need to know about this process.
Management How Early-Stage Startups Can Enlist The Right Amount of Security As They Grow Security isn't about reducing risk to zero. It's about continuously rebalancing risk as context shifts. Here's how Box's Michael Graham helps startups approach security at each growth stage.
Management The 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.
Management OpenTable'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.
Management Square Defangs Difficult Decisions with this System — Here’s How Gokul Rajaram shares a framework that he's used at Square and Caviar to make the most difficult decisions, all while assigning ownership, being inclusive and coordinating execution among all stakeholders.
Management The 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.
Management Take on Your Competition with These Lessons from Google Maps Former Facebook CTO and Quip chief Bret Taylor shares how to dislodge well-established rivals.
Management How 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.