All of our Lloyd Tabb articles

20 Lessons From 20 Different Paths to Product-Market Fit — Advice for Founders, From Founders

After more than a year of showcasing dozens of founders in our Paths to PMF series, we pulled together a list of the biggest lessons that stuck with us from these winding startup journeys.

Take Two: Eight Hard-Earned Lessons from Repeat Founders on Starting Over Again

There's plenty of advice for first-time founders, but fewer resources for those embarking on their second or subsequent venture. To help navigate these, we gathered insights from experienced serial founders, distilling eight tactical lessons they applied differently the second time around.

The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition

Looker went from a single customer to more than 1700, from a small, scrappy team in Santa Cruz to a 700-person company spanning eight offices around the globe. Now on the heels of its acquisition by Google, co-founders Lloyd Tabb and Ben Porterfield, CEO Frank Bien, and first investor Bill Trenchard

I’m Sorry, But Those Are Vanity Metrics

After three decades of leading data teams at companies like LiveOps, Netscape and ReadyForce, Looker founder and CTO Lloyd Tabb's biggest learning isn’t what you would expect — or want to hear: You’re measuring the wrong metrics. We all are.

How to Spot and Magnify the Powers of Your Engineering Superheroes

Looker founder and CTO Lloyd Tabb shares how to best recognize and channel the abilities of your most extraordinary engineers.

What 'Making Partner' Means at a Startup

Looker Founder Lloyd Tabb on why it's vital for startup founders to treat their early employees like partners in the business.