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People & Culture

The IC’s Guide to Driving Career Conversations — 25 Tips for Purposeful Career Planning

Top startup leaders and operators share a tactical manual with 25 tips for direct reports to take charge of career conversations with their managers.

Engineering

“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.

Management

The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers

Sharp folks from across the First Round community share the small habits that great managers do, including delivering feedback with care, opening up about failure, and sending praise up the chain.

Management

Advice is More Important — and Overwhelming — Than Ever. Here's How Founders Can Cut out the Noise

Unlocking the wisdom of your advisors has always been crucial for any founder, but it's even more important in the midst of massive uncertainty. We've rounded up six tactics from top experts for cutting through the noise and extracting the advice founders need to make meaningful decisions.

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.

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.

Must-reads

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2018

We've rounded up 30 of the best insights from the articles we published over the last year. Read on for a time-capsule-like toolkit, full of the best tactical wisdom that seasoned company builders had to offer in 2018.

Management

What Your Startup Can Learn from Astronauts, The Daily Show, and the Coach of the Boston Celtics

Organizational psychologist and Wharton professor Adam Grant jumps into unconventional workplaces to surface insights that'll help the rest of us work smarter and better.

Management

Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss

Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's the secret that's made all the difference for her.

People & Culture

Six Friction-Free Ways to Help Your Network Help You

Networking expert Patrick Ewers provides six powerful tips for forging connections that can advance your goals and richen your life.

People & Culture

8 Rare Gems from Heidi Roizen on Building a Fulfilling Life and Career

Heidi Roizen has been an entrepreneur, advisor and investor. But in order to excel at work, you have to live a life that makes you happy.

People & Culture

7 Tactics to Get the Most Out of Your Startup's Advisors

Many entrepreneurs don't make the most out of their advising relationships. Get more done by deepening these connections.