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Advice For Managing Remote Teams

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Since social distancing orders have been put in place, a huge portion of our workforce has transformed their homes into workplaces and are trying their best to manage this new work environment. This is also a huge adjustment for those managers who are used to managing in person teams. Max has managed remote teams at 2 companies.

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Accelerator Spotlight: Caesar Sustainability

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CC: Our customers are companies that are collecting, managing, and tracking their ESG data. . Today sustainability and ESG are still very nascent within companies, with regulatory bodies and frameworks still being set in stone. RH: Who are your customers?

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How to Retain Tech Talent in Competitive Markets

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Retaining engineering talent has become an increasingly challenging task for any engineering manager in the Bay Area. Even so, retention is still something I have to constantly focus on as an engineering manager. As my manager does with me, I meet with my engineers frequently to discuss professional development.

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True Grit: It’s Not Just Founders We Should Celebrate

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Rachael is enrolled at the Startup Institute , an eight-week program that teaches its pupils the nuances of web development, web design, technical marketing, or sales and account management. She is a student on the web development track—and based on her background, that might seem a little hard to believe.

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4 Founders & Harvard MBAs on Finding Startup Traction & MBAs-as-Entrepreneurs

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But it was great experience to put yourself in an uncomfortable place to manage 90 Type A personalities. One of the most common jobs out of business school is to be a Product Manager, which manifests the vision of the company in the technology, and you have to be worried about and in charge of every area of the business.

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Advice On How To Make Your First Analytics Hire

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Given the common challenges encountered by founders as they navigate through this hiring decision, I thought I’d outline some of my thoughts below that can hopefully serve as a simple framework when it comes to making the first Analytics hire at your startup. Analytics vs. Finance?—?what’s what’s the difference (and what do you need)?

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Reflecting On Parenthood & Entrepreneurship

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We felt well prepared and had a plan around how we’d manage his feedings and naps throughout the day. . I found it helpful to be armed with information and had a general framework in mind, but we quickly learned that it’s best to observe and iterate based on the needs of your unique child. .