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Follow This Six-Point Checklist To Strengthen Employee Onboarding

YoungUpstarts

These companies also see a 69% boost in new hire retention. Once the employee is plugged into emails, for instance, they’ll be part of the conversation. Studies show that among software engineers in India, new employees sought out more information when they were socialized within the organization.

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Propensity Modeling: Using Data (and Expertise) to Predict Behavior

ConversionXL

Even if you don’t face any of the experimentation challenges Royston-Webb mentions, propensity modeling can help you: Fill your pipeline; Save time on quantitative conversion research; Explore smarter segmentation options. lead-to-customer conversion) and independent variables (e.g. lead-to-customer conversion rate, retention, etc.).

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Sample @ Hypergiant Over the past five years, the tech industry has pushed the implementation of conversational intelligence, but actual execution presents several challenges. This will no doubt be a lively conversation that fiercely debates diverse investment approaches. You don’t need rockstar engineers. Technologist C.K.

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How to Build a High Performing Growth Team

ConversionXL

same thing as growth hacker or growth marketer): “The Growth Manager function typically lives at the intersection of marketing and product development, and is focused on customer and user acquisition, activation, retention, and upsell. Software Engineer. ” Software Engineers. Product Manager. Data Analyst.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Women engineers make up only 14% of software engineers; she is dedicated to getting more women into the tech industry. Her work spans the talent lifecycle from increasing access to technical education through recruiting, retention, and advancement of all Atlassians.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

These managers have a tendency to steamroll conversations. I learned that software engineers?—?or in applying for a job with the checkout team at Expedia, it would be better to prioritize experience in e-commerce and checkout conversion than to focus on your love of traveling). or developers?—?are Be careful, though!

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

On a more serious note, Gordon has a laundry list of founder qualities or experiences that will pique his curiosity: “Have a resume I envy and admire; make a significant contribution at a company I am fascinated by; write a great book or make a great game or TV show; [develop] significant software engineering experience and/or education.&#