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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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Four Data-Driven Ways To Combat Software Piracy

Revulytics

A 2018 survey found that worldwide, 37% of software installed on personal computers is unlicensed, with the commercial value of that unlicensed software coming in at $46.3 Licensing is a key foundational strategy, but the common refrain is that “licensing keeps honest customers honest.” Licensing Systems. Legal Action.

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Look Before You Click: The Risk of Buying Pirated Software

Revulytics

If you go to the official Microsoft site, Office 365 Home for six users and 1TB storage costs $99.99 But some organizations that want to cut corners or lack diligent IT oversight take that risk, figuring they can handle any potential problems with the cheap software. offer was a steal, in more ways than one. The software is pirated.

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The Product Market Fit Engine | Rahul Vohra, CEO, Superhuman | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

BoS2018. — (@MarkLittlewood) October 3, 2018. This will change the way that a lot of people think about product market fit, BS metrics, understanding the needs of the people that really matter. Video, Slides, Transcript and Rahul’s blog about this follow… Understanding Customers. ” Very disappointed.

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What is Software Piracy?

Revulytics

Software piracy is the use of unlicensed software where the user has never paid the software vendor a licensing fee for the application. It can be contrasted with “license overuse” where the user has paid a software vendor a licensing fee for an application, but is using more installations than it is entitled to use.

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Why “Customer First” Fails – And What To Do About It | Ayat Shukairy, Invesp | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

Ayat is a ‘queen of CRO’ with over ten years helping companies create websites that customers love, and that result in increased sales and retention. Most marketing talk, or business strategy meetings, emphasizes the importance of ‘customer first’. Customer First fails? How do we get into the minds of the customer?

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The 5 Pillars Of Good Design Leadership

UX Studio: Product Management

Hired as external consultants, researchers, and product designers, sometimes we are asked to join an existing product team and help in transforming an organization from the inside. . Understanding the team and the context they operate in is the starting point before trying to change anything. Listen first. Create alliances.