Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Leaders are people who provide a compelling vision for people to follow and believe in, and take responsibility for what happens next. Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. It’s more challenging to get than a mentor. Sponsorship vs. mentorship.

Engineering 141

Engineering Leadership CTO Coach Feedback Software 141

Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. At Benchmark, Sarah invests in consumer businesses and the consumerization of IT.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

I quickly came to realize how lucky I’d been when I joined a startup as a co-founder and came to raising capital. “I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals.

Feedback Software 52

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. So the ability to fly for twenty five hours at a time for a cost of eight thousand dollars rather than having to buy fractions of planes. So I just googled “Leading expert computer vision”. I felt the computer vision was crucial.

Research Software 55

Research Software Technology User Testing Fractional CTO 55

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. In addition to this, our conversation also covers his time at Altassian and contrasts this with his G2 role, his thoughts on Google updates and how they impact his industry and his vision for the future of SEO.

Analytic Tools 199

Analytic Tools Research Software Data Visualization Technical Review 199

Business of Software Conference

JULY 2, 2019

It’s not just about designers even though I’m talking about designers because I’m a designer – this is a quote from Lever, you know the startup that deals with like recruitment. But facts I’ve discovered that many companies just ask a design team to execute on the vision. In fact just do this bit here.

Weak Development Team 40

Weak Development Team Research Software User Testing Analytic Tools 40

Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tim Barker has established three startups and has seen the ups and downs of the startup journey, from his first business being acquired by Salesforce – where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing – to his current company DataSift being acquired by Meltwater in 2018. Tim Barker, CEO, DataSift.

Customer Experience 8

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