Sat.Feb 07, 2015 - Fri.Feb 13, 2015

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My Management Lessons from Three Failed Startups, Google, Apple, Dropbox, and Twitter

First Round Review

Kim Scott, veteran of Google, Apple, Dropbox and Twitter, shares what she's learned — especially the importance of giving a damn.

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4 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Professional Services (But Were Afraid to Ask)

TSIA

At TSIA, we are in constant communication with our members through surveys, conferences, and frequent one-on-one conversations. In my talks with our professional services members , there have been four frequently asked questions that continue to come up. I’d like to take this opportunity to answer some of the top questions I receive about project performance, pricing, sales models, and the technology and tools you should be using in your professional services organization.

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6 Ways to Keep Bad Copywriting from Killing Your Product

UserTesting

People don’t read. We strain over writing the perfect customer support emails, website copy, FAQs, and item descriptions, and they largely go unnoticed. People just don’t have the attention span. It wasn’t always this way. In 2000, the average person’s … The post 6 Ways to Keep Bad Copywriting from Killing Your Product appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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You Don’t Know Jack (or Jill)

Tyner Blain

You’ve got some shiny new segmentation data about prospective customers; how much they earn, where they are located, how old they are. How does that help you make decisions about your product? You know this information, but you don’t really know your audience, or why they might become your customers. Customer Needs Are A Function of Intent.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know as a Data or Product Professional

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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The Best PR Advice You’ve Never Heard - from Facebook’s Head of Tech Communications

First Round Review

Caryn Marooney, Head of Technology Communications for Facebook, shares the PR secrets that help companies get great press.

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6 Ways to Keep Bad Copywriting from Killing Your Product

UserTesting

People don’t read. We strain over writing the perfect customer support emails, website copy, FAQs, and item descriptions, and they largely go unnoticed. People just don’t have the attention span. It wasn’t always this way. In 2000, the average person’s … The post 6 Ways to Keep Bad Copywriting from Killing Your Product appeared first on UserTesting Blog.

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70% of Time Could Be Used Better - How the Best CEOs Get the Most Out of Every Day

First Round Review

First Round Partner Bill Trenchard on how the best CEOs in tech get the most out of their time.

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This is Why People Leave Your Company

First Round Review

Carly Guthrie has run HR for major restaurant groups and startups. Here, she shares lessons for startups looking to hold onto their talent.

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Rapid Scaling for Startups

First Round Review

Stanford Business and Engineering Professor Bob Sutton shares the tactics startups can use to grow fast without fatally breaking.

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Exploring PerfDog Whitepaper 2024: Unlock the Power of Performance Testing

Key Takeaways Robust Platform & Multi-System Support: Brief introduction to PerfDog's extensive compatibility across various operating systems and hardware platforms including Android, iOS, PC, gaming consoles and more. In-Depth Performance Metrics: Quick view of the extensive range of metrics for system, graphics and rendering, user experience, in-depth analysis, and more.

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80% of Your Culture is Your Founder

First Round Review

Molly Graham joined Facebook at 400 employees and helped turn a culture of chaos into a streamlined organization. Here's how she did it.

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The Woman Behind the Netflix Culture Doc

First Round Review

Patty McCord drafted the foundational document on culture in Silicon Valley for Netflix. Here, she highlights the key takeaways.

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How Modern Marketplaces Like Uber and Airbnb Build Trust to Achieve Liquidity

First Round Review

Anand Iyer, former Head of Product at Threadflip, on how marketplaces can build trust in order to build their businesses.

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When You're at the Crossroads of Should and Must

First Round Review

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.

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Product Management Careers: Job Prospects, Pathways, and Must-Have Skills (2024)

The product management job market in 2024 reflects the fast-growing and ever-evolving nature of the field. For product managers looking to future-proof their careers and take advantage of new opportunities, staying informed about the professional landscape is a smart move. In this comprehensive career guide from Regis College, you’ll learn about: The current job outlook for product managers in 2024 Six professional pathways and the average salaries for these roles in the U.S.

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

First Round Review

Aditya Agarwal, VP of Engineering at Dropbox, talks about how he was able to scale their engineering team while maintaining productivity.

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Annual Planning is Killing Your Growth – Try This Plan Instead

First Round Review

The need to plan a year ahead can cripple fast-changing startups. Instead, here's a system to think long-term with short-term agility.

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

First Round Review

IDEO's Nicole Kahn shares insider tips on how to give killer presentations to any audience for winning results.

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Facebook VP of Engineering on Solving Hard Things Early

First Round Review

Cory Ondrejka, former director of mobile engineering at Facebook, on how to tackle hard things early so you don't run into trouble later.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Unlocking the Power of Stable Teams with Twitter’s SVP of Engineering

First Round Review

Chris Fry, former SVP Engineering at Twitter, talks about how forging strong teams is vital to building a long-lasting company.

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

First Round Review

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.

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Take Your Fundraising Pitch from Mediocre to Memorable with These Storytelling Tips

First Round Review

Oren Jacob, CEO of ToyTalk and former CTO of Pixar, gives his advice for making the fundraising process far less painful.

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Stop Dancing Around Criticism and Put It to Use with These Tips from Airbnb's Head of Experience Design

First Round Review

Katie Dill, Airbnb's Head of Experience Design, on how to critique your colleagues' work the right way to move things forward.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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

First Round Review

Jeff Atwood, Founder of Discourse, Stack Exchange and Coding Horror, shares his secrets for garnering the best talent in tech.

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What Everyone Should Know About How Talent is Bought and Sold

First Round Review

Mike Brown, corporate development veteran from Facebook and Twitter, explains how to win the talent acquisition process.

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The Inside Story of How 382 Recruiters Pursued an Imaginary Engineer

First Round Review

Meebo Co-founder Elaine Wherry set up a scheme to test industry demand for engineers. Her experiment yielded crazy results.

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Crisis Management — From the Man Who Helped Save eBay

First Round Review

Maynard Webb has become known as Mr. Fix-It for his crisis management at eBay, Salesforce and Yahoo. Here's how he did it.

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Platform Product Management Beyond Features: Introducing B-MAP for Platform Ecosystem Success

Traditional PM struggles with the complexities of platform ecosystems. B-MAP framework tackles this challenge. B-MAP goes beyond features, focusing on building, managing, adapting, and partnering to foster a thriving platform ecosystem.

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Eventbrite's Playbook for Building Amazing Customer Service from Scratch

First Round Review

Eventbrite's VP of Customer Service Dana Kilian on how she built the team that fields millions of questions from scratch.

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Dear Startup CEOs

First Round Review

The four lessons that made the biggest difference for Wiley Cerilli, founder and CEO of $100M acquisition SinglePlatform.

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Why Yammer Believes the Traditional Engineering Organizational Structure is Dead

First Round Review

Yammer VP of Engineering Kris Gale explains why organizational norms are holding us back and what to do about it.