Design How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb from a Failing Startup to a Billion Dollar Business Airbnb Co-founder Joe Gebbia talks about the true meaning of being scrappy and being willing to do things that don't scale.
Management What Scott Cook Wished He Knew About Being a CEO When He Founded Intuit Intuit Founder Scott Cook on the most important lessons he learned, including the right (and rigorous way) to check references.
Design Head Designer of Mint on Why Great Design Isn’t About Making Things Pretty Mint Co-Founder Jason Putorti on leading a team of designers to create emotionally-intelligent products people love.
Engineering Head of Amazon Web Services on Finding the Next Great Opportunity Amazon's James Hamilton reveals the many opportunities for innovation nested within cloud computing.
Management How Dave Goldberg of SurveyMonkey Built a Billion-Dollar Business and Still Gets Home By 5:30 PM Successful companies and work-life balance don't have to be mutually exclusive. Goldberg explains how SurveyMonkey makes this possible.
Product Sincerely CEO Matt Brezina on Rapid App Development Techniques YC Alum Brezina offers a variety of hacks for developers to save time, collect more data and iterate faster than ever before.
Starting Up Founder of Pandora on Lessons from Near Dot Com Bust to Billion Dollar IPO Pandora Founder Tim Westergren stared failure in the face and was able to endure the tough times before success. Here's how.
Management Rands On How To Make Meetings Suck Less Pinterest's Head of People Operations airs his opinion on meetings and how to change your approach to them for more productivity.
Management What Founders Need to Know About Building Management Teams Before It’s Too Late RockMelt Co-Founder Eric Vishria shares his advice for attracting world-class talent and guiding it in the right direction.
Starting Up Lessons Learned from Bill Gross' 35 IPOs/Exits and 40 Failures The Idealab Founder talks about the importance of diversity of thought and fast decision making to startup success.
Management Keith Rabois on the Role of a COO, How to Hire and Why Transparency Matters The two most important things a COO needs to do, from the man who helped build LinkedIn, PayPal and Square.
Engineering Why Every Startup Should Pair Program Pair programming does a lot more than speed things up. It also deeply influences culture, says Pivotal Labs COO Edward Hieatt.
