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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.

Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss

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Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measuring and optimizing it.

How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product Market Fit

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Given the high-stakes nature of every hire, interviewing chops are always in need of sharpening. We’ve spent the past few months reaching out to some of the most thoughtful company builders in our network to pose a simple question: What’s your favorite interview question to ask and why? Here are their answers.

40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know

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How to Become Insanely Well-Connected

Chris Fralic is a world-class super-connector. Here's how the long-time First Round Partner has methodically built bonds spanning years and careers.

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Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's the key to doing it right, she says.

‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups

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All things being equal, speed will determine whether your company succeeds or not. Here's how to make it core to your culture.

Speed as a Habit

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“HELL YEAH WE'RE USING @SlackHQ AT WORK I. LOVE. SLACK.”

From 0 to $1B - Slack's Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy

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Twitter's former Director of Engineering shares the plan he uses to transform engineers into successful and happy managers.

This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineers into Remarkable Managers

25 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.  

The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers

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Airbnb Co-founder Joe Gebbia talks about the true meaning of being scrappy and being willing to do things that don't scale.