Best practices for building a company are passed from person to person like ancient tribal knowledge of which plants in the forest are edible. Over time, the best connected companies learn these best practices via their strong networks, while less connected companies persist in making avoidable mistakes. Here’s a list of best practices that should...

Management advice often includes guidance on managing low performance. There is less written about managing high performance. This disparity exists for two reasons: High performance is less common than low performance, because high performers usually get promoted into positions with higher expectations. Underperformance is in every role;...

I work for a big tech on a smaller product that is part of a rather large portfolio. This product has front-ends in multiple platforms (web, desktop, mobile and so on). Unfortunately, my team handles the smallest platform and we’ve been suffering deep cuts in funding. We now handle an entire platform with a minimal team. Do you have any recommendations...

Scaling up a startup – rapidly growing from say $2M to $200M ARR – is an exciting and challenging journey. You aren’t quite a startup anymore, but you’re also definitely not a big company. And given the high rate of growth, the nature of the job changes meaningfully over the course of just a few years. Few companies get to this point, and the time period...

Scaling up a startup – rapidly growing from say $2M to $200M ARR – is an exciting and challenging journey. You aren’t quite a startup anymore, but you’re also definitely not a big company. And given the high rate of growth, the nature of the job changes meaningfully over the course of just a few years. Few companies get to this point, and the time period...

I lead a couple of teams. I could use a gut check on decision making. how do you convey a top down decision (a decision that you don’t buy in entirely) to your team? something other than “hey, leadership wants x, I see a, b, and c as potential pitfalls in x. I have conveyed my reservations. now it’s time to disagree and commit” This question came...