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What You Want in a VP Eng from the Recruiters Behind Twitter and LinkedIn 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Years ago, real estate success story and $1.4 billion company Trulia was in its infancy and on the hunt for a VP of Engineering that would take the site to the next level. It wasn’t going to be easy. ...
The anatomy of the perfect technical interview from a former Amazon VP 14 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Neil Roseman is downright tired of hearing Silicon Valley companies say they “hire only the best and the brightest.” No matter how many times they say it, most still make decisions based on gut feel, ...
How Medium is building a new kind of company with no managers 6 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
After Ev Williams first started working on Twitter, he reached out to Jason Stirman in Texas. “You have to come out here,” Williams said. “Twitter is happening and we want you to join us.” But Stirman...
42 Rules to Lead by from the Man Who Defined Google’s Product Strategy 18 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
Almost four years ago, Jonathan Rosenberg sent an email around Google stumping for more open systems, products, and services. As SVP of Products, he argued that more openness would mean a better Googl...
The management framework that propelled LinkedIn to a $20 billion company 16 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
Before Jeff Weiner took the top spot at LinkedIn, he asked founder and then-CEO Reid Hoffman three questions: “How do you want to handle decision-making? What decisions would you like to make, and wh...
What "making partner" means at a startup 11 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
"It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission." - Grace Hopper When he led the Netscape Browser team, Tom Paquin used to repeat this quote all the time. I was right there with him, on a large team o...
Drew Houston’s morph from hacker to hyper-growth CEO 10 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
Drew Houston was upset. On a long bus ride with a pile of work to do, he’d forgotten the thumb drive with all his files -- before the cloud, back when that used to mean ‘game over.’ Minutes later, he ...
You aren’t born knowing how to be a CEO 2 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
Discuss on Hacker News Brett Hurt, former CEO and co-founder of Bazaarvoice stands before an audience of fellow Founders at CEO Summit and declares that they’re in for a rough, but exhilarating – ride...
The woman behind the Netflix Culture Doc 29 Jun 2013 | 09:00 am
In the early days of Netflix, Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, wanted Patty McCord to help write out the company’s core values. At first, they considered something standard -- words like “excellence...
Not another VC blog - First Round Review 28 Jun 2013 | 09:00 am
Over the past 4 months we’ve been quietly working on a project here at First Round Capital and today we’re excited to share it more formally. It’s called First Round Review. In short, our (modest) g...
