The power of ‘radical candor’ and 4 other unorthodox leadership tips from Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader Providing feedback to your employees is not always easy, even for the most experienced managers. But it’s a crucial part… Read More
Lessons from Amazon: How working at the tech giant helped this founder shape his new company Amazon DNA flows deeply within Perfect Loop. The Seattle startup, which helps match job candidates with employers, was founded in… Read More
Book excerpt: Former Yahoo chairman and eBay exec Maynard Webb shares advice for founders From his early days as a security guard to launching startups and leading world-class tech giants, Maynard Webb has learned a… Read More
Business advice from Howard Schultz: The ‘humanity’ of a company will create long-term value Howard Schultz had just returned from a trip to Poland, where he had a sobering experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp.… Read More
The real reason startups fail: How the right distribution strategy can save your company After mentoring startup founders through Techstars and teaching growth marketing at General Assembly, I saw founders making the same mistakes… Read More
Amazon exec explains the meaning of company’s newest leadership principle and how to avoid ‘Day 2’ Building a successful company is hard enough. Being able to avoid becoming a large bureaucratic organization that stops innovating in… Read More
The Playbook: Lessons in tech, business, sports and life from Adrian and Nick Hanauer They grew up together, worked at the same family business as teenagers, and have both become household names in the… Read More
After leading 4,000 job interviews, here’s what Smartsheet’s co-founder loves to ask candidates As a veteran tech entrepreneur and co-founder of companies like Onyx Software and Smartsheet, Brent Frei has conducted more than… Read More
High-tech lubricant startup founder Amy Buckalter shares entrepreneurial lessons It’s not often that a conversation about startup lessons goes from profit margins and hardware production to vaginal dryness and… Read More
What entrepreneurs can learn from the journey of The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson Throughout her career on Wall Street, in the courtroom, and at non-profits, Amy Nelson wondered where the women were. She… Read More
10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of entrepreneurship with 10-yr-old twins [Editor’s Note: Peter Chee is founder and CEO of Seattle-based Thinkspace.] I’ve been reflecting on my journey over the last 10 years… Read More
VPNs are your safest bet for public Wi-Fi: A security pro’s tips for getting started If you ask a security professional for tips on improving your privacy and security when connecting to public Wi-Fi or… Read More
How VCs think: Lessons for startup founders after our behind-the-scenes pitch day experience Learn to tell your story; be confident but comfortable; and focus on a problem, not a solution. These are a… Read More
Startup advice: Beware of the fakes, the phonies and the frauds Startups are hard because by definition, you’re trying to do something that has never been done before. There is no… Read More
Our 2017 Geeks of the Week offer their best tips and tricks for managing everyday work and life Beyond telling us what their favorite app is or what type of phone they’re currently using, which Star Trek captain… Read More
5 things no one tells you about starting a startup [This guest commentary is by Avni Patel Thompson, founder and CEO of Poppy.] There are things that I wish I had… Read More
‘Essential startup advice’ from top Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator The folks at Y Combinator have seen a lot startups succeed and fail, so it’s probably worth listening to their… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ startup advice, as told by ‘The Onion’: Hire well, value customers, and ‘realize someday I will utterly crush you’ For startups, it’s becoming increasingly impossible to avoid competing with Amazon as the company branches out into everything from real… Read More
Leadership lessons from Pete Carroll: Develop a personal philosophy, and preach it to your team Pete Carroll just can’t help himself: He can’t stop coaching, no matter the environment. That was the case even when… Read More
Where these 10 tech managers get their best ideas Inspiration can strike at unexpected times but in the working world, we don’t always have the luxury of waiting around… Read More
Pizza, soda, Oreos and breathing: 7 key lessons I learned in the startup trenches Becoming a startup CEO was never an explicit career goal. I started PitchBook because of a simple and pure motivation… Read More
Just three words: Here’s what Bill Gates would do today if he were just starting out It’s graduation season, and Bill Gates, who has given a commencement address or two in his day, took to Twitter this… Read More
Zillow co-founder Rich Barton on taking risks, and four factors which can encourage ‘big swings’ Rich Barton has taken plenty of risks during his entrepreneurial career as the co-founder of such companies as Zillow, Expedia… Read More
Advice from Jeff Bezos: Here’s what the Amazon CEO taught this startup about cultural values There are sprinkles of Amazon influence at Seattle startup Convoy, and that’s not by mistake. Convoy CEO Dan Lewis spoke… Read More
Advice for leaders from Microsoft CFO Amy Hood: ‘Every risk I took built confidence’ Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has advice for folks that lack the confidence needed to work their way up a company:… Read More
Students: Here’s what Expedia and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton says you should study Given that he started companies like Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor, Rich Barton understands the value and power of data. That’s why he… Read More
Commentary: The 5 things I learned from my first 100 days as a venture capitalist Over the last 10 years, I had been doing — or should I say dabbling in — angel investing. With… Read More
Need advice for your startup? Here are 23 tips from up-and-coming entrepreneurs Peer mentorship is crucial to the entrepreneurial journey. That’s why we ask CEOs and co-founders to share their wisdom every… Read More
16 tips and tricks for managing everyday work and life, from our Geeks of the Week What’s your best tip or trick for managing everyday work and life? It’s one of our favorite questions to ask… Read More
What surviving on Mars can teach you about building a startup to last It’s rare that a story about survival set on another planet can provide guidance on how to build an enduring… Read More
