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Here's Why Zola Cherishes its NPS Detractors as Much as its Promoters
Product

Here's Why Zola Cherishes its NPS Detractors as Much as its Promoters

Zola CEO and co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma's commitment to customer satisfaction goes back beyond her time at Gilt and Chloe + Isabel. But at Zola, her team and she have really zeroed in on NPS detractors — and discovered how much they can drive growth. Here's how.
A New Approach to People Ops That Puts Employee Experience First
People & Culture

A New Approach to People Ops That Puts Employee Experience First

Patreon's Lucia Guillory is pioneering a new approach to People Ops that creates an end-to-end employee experience AND scales. Early-stage startups take heed.
Counterintuitive Comp Tips for the Unwary and Uninitiated
People & Culture

Counterintuitive Comp Tips for the Unwary and Uninitiated

Facebook, Linden Lab and Reddit veteran bethanye Blount is on a mission to help startups ensure that the story their comp practices are telling is the right one. Here's how you'll know.
Our 6 Must Reads to Make Self-Care Your Competitive Advantage
Management

Our 6 Must Reads to Make Self-Care Your Competitive Advantage

Too many of us abandon healthy habits in order to work more. But the most successful among us know that self-care is a secret weapon to get more done better.
‘Pitch the Immeasurable’ and Other Leadership Tips
Management

‘Pitch the Immeasurable’ and Other Leadership Tips

It's not easy making the transition from manager to executive. One Medical VP Marketing Vanessa Hope Schneider shares the lessons she leans on from her marketing, PR and publishing days that have helped her become a better leader.
The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today
Management

The Don’ts That Turned Alexis Ohanian into the Leader He Is Today

Alexis Ohanian is back at Reddit and excited to pick up where he left off. As he starts this new chapter, he's looking back at the things he DIDN'T do that made all the difference.
Track and Facilitate Your Engineers’ Flow States In This Simple Way
Management

Track and Facilitate Your Engineers’ Flow States In This Simple Way

Cynthia Maxwell has led engineering teams at Slack, Apple, Yahoo! and Pinterest. Here's the management framework that's become one of the most powerful resources in her toolkit.
Our 6 Must Reads on Content Marketing
PR & Marketing

Our 6 Must Reads on Content Marketing

Exceptional content marketing — and its accompanying, loyal audience — takes time to build. Here are six tips to help you start creating resonant and enduring content today.
This Matrix Helps Growing Teams Make Great Decisions
Management

This Matrix Helps Growing Teams Make Great Decisions

As CTO of Flatiron Health, Gil Shklarski has had to keep a rapidly-growing technical team aligned through many tough decisions. This is the framework that works every time.
Our 6 Must Reads for Scaling Yourself as a Leader
Management

Our 6 Must Reads for Scaling Yourself as a Leader

To succeed in tech, you have to grow not just your skills, but also your energy, your time management, and your approach to work. This is a good place to start.
The Tenets of A/B Testing from Duolingo’s Master Growth Hacker
Product

The Tenets of A/B Testing from Duolingo’s Master Growth Hacker

Duolingo VP Gina Gotthilf has overseen the company's growth as it exploded from 3 million to 200 million users. One tool that's fueled this ascent? A/B Testing. Read on to learn from her favorite tests.
Our 6 Must Reads if You’re at a Startup With 30+ People
Management

Our 6 Must Reads if You’re at a Startup With 30+ People

Startups are always evolving, but something transforms them between 30-50 employees. Here's what the Review's experts have to say about navigating that particular inflection point more smoothly.
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For the founder's notepad:
"If you personally want to grow as fast as your company, you have to give away your job every couple months." – Molly Graham
“Asking ‘Why can't this be done sooner?’ methodically, reliably and habitually can have a profound impact on the speed of your organization.” – Dave Girouard
“End every meeting or conversation with the feeling and optimism you’d like to have at the start of your next conversation with the person.” – Chris Fralic
“Focus is doing things with a clear intention. It doesn’t mean you charge single-minded toward a goal. It means you pay rapt and incremental attention to how you need to turn the rudder on a project.” – Fidji Simo
“It’s essential to grow with the company — rather than having the company grow around you.” – Cristina Cordova 
“You have to be impatient with shipping, but patient with your career.” – James Everingham
“‘I trust you, make the call’ might be the six most powerful words you can hear from a manager.” – Sean Twersky
“Your job as a CEO is to build fire departments, not put out fires.” – Sam Corcos 
“Can you say with confidence that each report would want to be on your team again? If you aren’t sure that the answer is yes, it’s probably no — much like how if you have to ask, ‘Am I in love?’ you’re probably not.” – Julie Zhuo 
“People can get addicted to yak shaving. An effective engineering generalist knows when to move on. Pay attention to whether they used their time wisely, not just the results.” – Mike Krieger 
“It sounds so simple to say that bosses need to tell employees when they're screwing up. But it very rarely happens.” – Kim Scott
“You’ll know you understand the customer problem enough when you can predict 75% of what a customer tells you. Keep having these conversations until three-quarters of it is stuff you already know.” – Christina Cacioppo
“I have a rule: no company swag until the business has at least $250K of revenue or 250k users. Until then, you don’t get to “feel” the benefits of having started a company.” – Gagan Biyani
“The business model ends up becoming the business. It’s equally important as the market you’re going after and the product that you build.” – Jay Simons 
“If speed is the yin, the yang is prioritization. You can’t be fast if you don’t know what’s important.” – Jaleh Rezaei
“If you treat your connections as a kind of personal ATM you use for frequent withdrawals, you’ll quickly be disappointed (and overdrawn).” – Karen Wickre 
“Delighting the customer always yields better returns than countering or copying a competitor. It’s just a lot harder to do.” – Andy Rachleff 
“When you’re a founder, every moment you’re not writing code or getting users, you need to be making a conscious choice: Is whatever you’re doing worth your time?” – Alexis Ohanian
“‘Why would a customer not want this?’ is often a far more interesting question than why they would.” – Rick Song
“When you leave the planning process wondering if you put too many resources behind a single bet, that’s the bet that ends up succeeding. Bold ideas need bold resourcing.” – Lenny Rachitsky and Nels Gilbreth
“Treat customer development as a one-on-one with a direct report — you just want to ask the hard questions.” – Ryan Glasgow
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