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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. Solving the puzzle.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

Find a sponsor , not a mentor — someone who is in the room when opportunities arise and makes sure your name comes up. Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. It’s more challenging to get than a mentor.

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Why Your ‘Brilliant’ Technology Fails To Have Impact | Tom Adeyoola, Metail | BoS Europe 2018

Business of Software Conference

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. In fact one of the guys that we used to create a remix for the bands he progressed by himself and he’s now in a position where. We were in a position where. And this was a great concept.

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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

Also – a study by Paychex from December 2018 found that 33% of women in technology have considered changing careers because of male colleagues. There are very few women in leadership positions and there is a reason for that – it’s not random. This has helped me to progress in my positions in any context.”

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Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading

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Mikey Trafton, Alamo Drafthouse, CTO. Of course the 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey has been taught to me by mentors and has been as staple throughout my career. The post Here’s what our Business of Software Conference USA 2018 Speakers are Reading appeared first on Business of Software USA.

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Leading A High-Growth Company | David Cancel, Drift | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

And then I’ve really only started companies as a byproduct of I have an obsessive personality and I channel that in a positive area which is like I’m obsessed with learning and getting better. And Sam was, he became my first mentor right. And indirectly and he kind of like a good mentor made me work super hard.

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5 Product Management Conferences Not to Miss in 2020

Revulytics

Notable Speakers from recent Mind the Product conferences: Teresa Torres , Product Discovery Coach. Organized by Product School, these events only started in 2018 with San Francisco and quickly gained momentum in the community to expand to four additional U.S. Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Co-founder of HubSpot. September 25, 2019.