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Book Review: Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics

Business of Software Conference

In the neutral corner… On the side of neutrality, she discusses the views of people including Demis Hassabis – DeepMind founder, Verner Vogels – Amazon CTO and others who argue broadly that technology is neutral but can be applied for good and bad. Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google 2010. Now Pentagon Advisor.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. In this episode of Inside Intercom, our Director of Brand Marketing Sarah Tran had the honour of sitting down with Amanda for a chat about how governments can leverage technology to build better services and empower its citizens.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

Userpilot

Keep reading to learn from the inspiring stories* of: Melissa Kwan – CEO and founder of ewebinar Alice de Courcy – Group Chief Marketing Officer at Cognism Maja Voje – Best-selling Author of GTM Strategist , Go-To-Market Advisor & Mentor to +400 tech startups inc. Sima Banijamali – Sr.

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

A really detailed 68 page analysis of the podcast market. Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 5) market-by-market (or logo-by-logo, if SaaS) comparison where denser/older networks have higher engagement over time (network effects). The podcast ecosystem in 2019. It’s super fun.

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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

I’ve seen the difficulty of managing the hard side for rideshare first-hand, where drivers are the ones selling their time and effort in the market. For Uber, in any given market, so-called “Power Drivers” constitute 20% of the supply but create 60% of the trips. With that, the rideshare market was kicked off.

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My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more

Andrew Chen

A really detailed 68 page analysis of the podcast market. Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 5) market-by-market (or logo-by-logo, if SaaS) comparison where denser/older networks have higher engagement over time (network effects). The podcast ecosystem in 2019. It’s super fun.

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10 Years of Balsamiq: What I’ve Learned | Peldi Guilizzoni, Balsamiq | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Founder Peldi has attended Business of Software every year since 2010, and has 5 BoS talks to his name. The market has given us permission to exist for 10 years. And then I realized that there was a lot I needed to coach. We call them coaching personal professional development meetings and so some people do it with other people.