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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. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop?

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

Business of Software Conference

Book Review: ‘Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics’ Stephanie Hare, author of the recently published, ‘ Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics’ , will join us at Business of Software Conference Online next week, 9 March to talk about an important topic.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Cyber attacks have gone up 125% from the previous year, and with companies shifting to partial or fully remote settings, it shows no sign of slowing down. Suddenly, the team got to know SOC 2 Reports all too well and realized just how burdensome and unscalable it could become, especially for high-growth startups. Start early.

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

The conventional wisdom has been that startups, just like the Fortune 500 companies, need to think about vertical integration, identifying their core competencies quickly, thereby identify areas that the startup needs to focus on in-house versus partnering/outsourcing. Companies could integrate backward and forward.

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3 Compelling Concepts from Basecamp's Shape Up

Sachin Rekhi

I always love reading each new book the Basecamp team publishes as they are inevitably chock-full of unique perspectives that preach an approach to working better that goes against conventional wisdom and established best practices. Before even considering a project for building in an upcoming cycle, the Basecamp team always shapes the work.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Amanda Renteria , CEO for Code for America. Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Code for America’s Amanda Renteria on defining the citizen experience. Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America, is a firm believer in this idea. Hubert Palan , founder and CEO of Productboard.

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

I strongly advocate a “portfolio pie” model of prioritization, to avoid putting all of our development eggs into the feature basket. Especially in enterprise/B2B, sales teams may have only a handful of major active accounts, each carrying a lot of revenue. More here.)

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