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Lessons From Leaders

SVPG

We all deal with certain truths about building technology products, and I find that certain quotes resonate strongly with people and help them internalize important concepts or ideas. I have literally hundreds that I've aggregated and curated. It helps me to understand their culture and their values.

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Four Tips For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

by Mike Broderick, co-founder and CEO of Turning Technologies. My team and I built our company, Turning Technologies, into the world’s largest audience response software enterprise using this principle. Finding the right employees and creating an agile, focused team is essential to business success. They are correct.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service. She served as the U.S.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

That data is completely consonant with the people I know who are successful technologists today, and similar patterns are documented in each recent wave of technology innovation. We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. Its this second point I want to emphasize.

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Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business)

Startup Lessons Learned

I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.) Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.)

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The “Good” Student « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

But what I remind them is that great grades and successful founders/technology entrepreneurs have at best a zero correlation (and anecdotal evidence suggests that the correlation may actually be negative.) There’s a big difference between being an employee at a great technology company and having the guts to start one. I love Google.

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10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths: Embrace 'Em & Win Big

Occam's Razor

Available measurement technologies (ohh… sentiment analysis!). There is always one exception to the rule. :) It can be of some value to take aggregated data about your visitors (especially those that converted) and put it into your corporate data warehouse where all other data of your company sits. Be flexible.

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