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Spotlight on Engineering Team Building: Lessons learned from Algolia

Cracking the Code

Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. Retention is a big challenge for every growth company.

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How to Retain Tech Talent in Competitive Markets

View from Seed

This post on how to retain tech talent was written by Dan DeMeyere, director of engineering at thredUP. NextView is an investor in thredUP, and this post originally appeared on their engineering team blog. Retaining engineering talent has become an increasingly challenging task for any engineering manager in the Bay Area.

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7 High-Performing Ecommerce Marketing Strategies for 2022

ConversionXL

Use semiotic analysis (the study of signs and symbols) to reverse engineer effective messages: Determine the feeling you’d like to elicit; Choose words and phrases (as well as colors and symbols) that relate to those feelings; Weave those words into your messaging. Customers can now shop directly from the SERP (search engine results page).

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How Data Analytics Influences (and Can Better Influence) Your Business

YoungUpstarts

it’s still an important tool in societal development and user retention. In a recent report, the BLS includes new management, teaching, and software engineering positions that focus on data analytics. Software engineers alone cannot simply design new apps and programs willy-nilly. People Are Data. Think about it.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

After this initial success, Airbnb then reverse-engineered Craiglist forms with a tool that allowed users to repost their listings: By communicating benefits and removing barriers to success, they gave users a reason to get involved. Use this information to optimize for retention with: Transactional messaging. Gamification.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

There are countless strategies to consider employing here, including search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC) advertising, email marketing, and even traditional advertising are all viable options. . Marketing/advertising channels. Most of your new visibility will stem from your marketing and advertising efforts. Memorability.

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7 Most Effective Business Strategies for 2022

The Startup Magazine

Because employee objectives differ greatly, it’s best to poll your team in order to set expectations and develop effective retention strategies. According to a recent survey, nearly 50% of workers have left a job because it didn’t align with their expectations. Are they satisfied with their responsibilities?