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How a multinational insurance company is managing design at scale through a design system

UX Planet

Each team had its own interpretation of the brand’s digital guidelines to support their business, product, and user needs. This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. What worked well for us Success recipe: Coaching designers top-down and promoting grassroots contribution. Sound familiar?

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4 Keys to Empowering Your Product Team

Mind the Product

We talk so much about empowering people because all of our policies and procedures have taken so much of their power away. If teams can do that they have a chance at meeting their customers’ changing needs and generating a return on investment for the business. I don’t write user stories or make wireframes every day anymore.

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

Andrew Chen

Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 3) power user curve showing a smile — with a big concentration of engaged users (you grow out from this strong core). 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation.

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

Andrew Chen

Magic metrics indicating a startup probably has product/market fit. 3) power user curve showing a smile — with a big concentration of engaged users (you grow out from this strong core). 7) revenue or activity expansion on a *per user* basis over time — indicates deeper engagement / habit formation.

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

Intercom, Inc.

In today’s data-driven SaaS scene, these can affect hundreds of millions of users and cause damage in the billions of dollars, and as compliance frameworks become requirements to do business, businesses are turning to third-party services that can help expedite and facilitate the process. It’s becoming the bare minimum. Start early.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? As was the case when they were junior engineers, Senior Software Engineers will usually help train or act as mentors for entry-level engineers on their teams. These applications will meet the requirements of customers and internal stakeholders.