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3/8/2022
17 : 14
The 5 pillars of the Product Strategy Stack for startups
Advice for founders & product leaders from Ravi Mehta, former CPO at Tinder View this email in your browser March 8, 2022 •••••• This week, we unpack a must-try framework for crafting your
2/8/2022
17 : 4
Why founders shouldn’t feel pressure to have direct reports, and other lessons from Hubspot
Early-stage company advice from co-founder/CTO Dharmesh Shah View this email in your browser February 8, 2022 •••••• This week, we got a chance to sit down with HubSpot's co-founder and CTO for a
1/27/2022
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7 mistakes you’re making with your manager training
Melissa & Johnathan Nightingale, founders of Raw Signal Group, unpack the dos and don'ts for startups implementing manager training. View this email in your browser January 27, 2022 ••••••
1/25/2022
17 : 24
Great startups deserve great brands — here's how to build one
After working with hundreds of startups on brand strategy, Arielle Jackson shares the 7 most common marketing mistakes early-stage founders make. View this email in your browser January 25, 2022 ••••••
1/20/2022
17 : 14
Why listening is an underrated startup skill
User research leader and author Ximena Vengoechea makes a compelling case for why you should resolve to become a better listener this year. View this email in your browser January 20, 2022 •••••• This
1/11/2022
17 : 24
The best managers don’t fix, they coach — here's how
Anita Hossain Choudhry (The Grand, First Round) & Mindy Zhang (Dropbox, Oscar Health) share 4 practical tools to help managers shift away from fixing. View this email in your browser January 11,
1/4/2022
17 : 14
The 30 best pieces of advice we heard in 2021
The 9th edition of our annual roundup is here. Get all the standout advice offered up by the dozens of tech leaders we interviewed this past year. View this email in your browser January 4, 2022 ••••••
12/7/2021
17 : 14
Look for these 3 specific qualities of great designers
The keys to a high-impact design org: Lessons from Segment & Twilio View this email in your browser December 7, 2021 •••••• This week, we dove deep into the design org with tactical advice for
11/30/2021
17 : 4
Working at a startup? Take charge of your career with this tactical guide
Actionable ideas for driving career conversations with your manager. View this email in your browser November 30, 2021 •••••• This week, we've crowdsourced a guide for individual contributors to
11/23/2021
17 : 4
The ultimate guide to getting your first 1,000 community members
How this founder got his lagging startup back on track using community as a wedge. View this email in your browser November 23, 2021 •••••• Before you sign off for the week, check out our latest on The
11/16/2021
17 : 14
7 tactical tips for becoming a "feedback magnet"
Longtime PM & founder/CEO of Ascend (an online leadership program that empowers women) Shivani Berry shares her playbook for attracting more feedback. View this email in your browser November 16,
11/9/2021
17 : 14
The framework for finding language/market fit
Changes in a few words yield huge differences. Matt Lerner (former growth at PayPal & investor at 500 Startups) makes the case for language/market fit View this email in your browser November 9,
11/4/2021
16 : 14
Grow yourself to grow the company — advice from a top executive coach
After 20 years of executive coaching, Alisa Cohn shares advice for getting better at self-reflection, collecting feedback, and changing behavior. View this email in your browser November 4, 2021 ••••••
10/21/2021
16 : 4
How one startup got its founders 100+ podcast interviews in 6 months
A step-by-step guide for starting your own podcast interview tour. View this email in your browser October 21, 2021 •••••• This week, we're back with a topic we haven't covered before on The
10/12/2021
16 : 4
This leader has interviewed hundreds of marketers — get her hiring tips
Marketing maven Maya Spivak shares her playbooks from Segment & Wealthfront View this email in your browser October 12, 2021 •••••• After a brief hiatus, we're back this week with an essential
9/21/2021
16 : 14
Startup leaders share their best advice for running exec meetings
Actionable tactics for the C-Suite on maximizing that important slot on your calendar. View this email in your browser September 21, 2021 •••••• Today, we've crowdsourced a guide for making your
9/14/2021
16 : 24
Why you should run MVTs instead of building MVPs
Gagan Biyani was early at 4 startups, 3 of which achieved an over $1M run-rate in the first 6 months of going live. Here's the process he swears by. View this email in your browser September 14,
9/9/2021
16 : 4
Persist or pivot? Advice for the pre-product/market fit days.
Tara Viswanathan's advice for avoiding startup "shoulds" and charting her own path. View this email in your browser September 9, 2021 •••••• Today we laser-focus on the pre-product/market
9/7/2021
16 : 14
50+ interview questions to help you focus on these underrated candidate qualities
We've rounded up a curated set of attributes you may be overlooking in your hiring process — and the interview questions you can use to surface them. View this email in your browser September 7,
9/2/2021
16 : 14
Flying solo without a UX research team? This guide is for you.
Jane Davis shares the ultimate guide to customer discovery without a UX research team—from exploring ideas, to prototyping & troubleshooting problems. View this email in your browser September 2,