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Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest
People & Culture

Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest

Jeff Atwood, Founder of Discourse, Stack Exchange and Coding Horror, shares his secrets for garnering the best talent in tech.
When You're at the Crossroads of Should and Must
Management

When You're at the Crossroads of Should and Must

This is a pep talk for anyone who’s chosen Should far too long and feels like it’s about time they give Must a shot.
Hyper-Growth Done Right - Lessons From the Man Who Scaled Engineering at Dropbox and Facebook
Management

Hyper-Growth Done Right - Lessons From the Man Who Scaled Engineering at Dropbox and Facebook

Aditya Agarwal, VP of Engineering at Dropbox, talks about how he was able to scale their engineering team while maintaining productivity.
80% of Your Culture is Your Founder
Management

80% of Your Culture is Your Founder

Molly Graham joined Facebook at 400 employees and helped turn a culture of chaos into a streamlined organization. Here's how she did it.
This Advice From IDEO's Nicole Kahn Will Transform the Way You Give Presentations
PR & Marketing

This Advice From IDEO's Nicole Kahn Will Transform the Way You Give Presentations

IDEO's Nicole Kahn shares insider tips on how to give killer presentations to any audience for winning results.
The Best Hires Are Right Under Your Nose - Use This System to Never Miss Them Again
People & Culture

The Best Hires Are Right Under Your Nose - Use This System to Never Miss Them Again

TalentBin Founder and CEO Peter Kazanjy breaks down referral hiring, how to do it and why it's so vital for your company early on.
Don't Leave Money on the Table with This Crash Course in Pricing
PR & Marketing

Don't Leave Money on the Table with This Crash Course in Pricing

Alex Rampell, CEO of TrialPay, explains how startups can be strategic about pricing their products so they don't lose out.
An Inside Look at Facebook's Method for Hiring Designers
People & Culture

An Inside Look at Facebook's Method for Hiring Designers

Julie Zhuo, Director of Product Design, shares Facebook's in-depth process for hiring talented designers step by step.
Shooting for an IPO? Take These Steps Now Before It's Too Late
Management

Shooting for an IPO? Take These Steps Now Before It's Too Late

Glenn Solomon, partner at GGV Capital shares the ingredients that make for a good IPO and disasters to avoid along the way.
Simple Design is What You Need, Not What You Want
Design

Simple Design is What You Need, Not What You Want

Oscar's Head of Product outlines the four design strategies that will help them disrupt the entrenched health insurance industry.
This Startup Launched in 30 Cities in 6 Months — Here’s How They Did It
Management

This Startup Launched in 30 Cities in 6 Months — Here’s How They Did It

Founder Adora Cheung shares the strategies and hard lessons that allowed Homejoy to sprint across two continents and keep quality high.
Process Is Being Told What to Do by Someone Who Has Less Information than You
Management

Process Is Being Told What to Do by Someone Who Has Less Information than You

As companies grow, process tends to slow things down. Follow these steps from Instagram's Director of Product to stay lean.
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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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