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How Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and Head of Eng)

Farhan Thawar is the head of engineering at Shopify, where he oversees more than 1,000 engineers and a platform that powers over 10% of all U.S. e-commerce. Before Shopify, he was VP of engineering at Pivotal Labs and Xtreme ...

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Dec. 19, 2024

How Shopify builds a high-intensity culture | Farhan Thawar (VP and H…

Farhan Thawar is the head of engineering at Shopify, where he oversees more than 1,000 engineers and a platform that powers over 10% of all U.S. e-commerce. Before Shopify, he was VP of engineering at Pivotal Labs and Xtreme ...

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Dec. 15, 2024

Behind the product: Duolingo streaks | Jackson Shuttleworth (Group PM…

Jackson Shuttleworth is a Group PM at Duolingo, where he leads the retention team and the powerful streak feature. The streak feature, which gamifies consecutive days of learning, has been Duolingo’s most important and innova...

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Dec. 8, 2024

Seth Godin's best tactics for building remarkable products, strategie…

Seth Godin is a legend. He’s a marketer, teacher, entrepreneur, and author of more than 20 books, including Purple Cow , Permission Marketing , and Linchpin . He also writes one of the most popular and longest-running blogs i...

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Dec. 5, 2024

How a great founder becomes a great CEO | Jonathan Lowenhar (co-found…

Jonathan Lowenhar is the co-founder of Enjoy The Work, an executive coaching firm that helps founders become great CEOs. Over the past decade, Enjoy The Work has supported over 165 founders on their journey to becoming better...

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Dec. 1, 2024

Identify your bullseye customer in one day | Michael Margolis (UX Res…

Michael Margolis has been a UX research partner at Google Ventures (GV) for nearly 15 years. He has developed a unique approach to helping startups identify their “bullseye customer”—the specific subset of their target market...

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Nov. 24, 2024

The ultimate guide to founder-led sales | Jen Abel (co-founder of JJE…

Jen Abel is the co-founder of JJELLYFISH, where she and her team have worked with over 300 early-stage founders to learn how to sell, do early customer discovery, and set up a repeatable sales motion on the way to their …

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Summary: The ultimate guide to adding a PLG motion | Hila Qu (Reforge, GitLab)

Hila Qu is an Executive in Residence (EIR) at Reforge as well as a renowned growth advisor, angel investor, and published author (her book about growth was named one of the top 10 business books of 2018 in China). Previously, she served as the Dir…

Summary: Building a culture of excellence | David Singleton (CTO of Stripe)

David Singleton is the CTO at Stripe, where he oversees engineering and design teams. Since joining Stripe, David has helped grow the technology org across the U.S. and developed new engineering hubs in Singapore and Dublin as well as Stripe&rsquo…

Summary: Ultimate guide to OKRs / Christina Wodtke / Organizing work in big companies

Christina Wodtke is an author, Stanford University professor, and speaker who teaches strategies for building high-performing teams. She’s also the author of Radical Focus, which some consider the de facto guide to OKRs.   Christina s…