Jason Fried
Questions I ask when checking references
3 min · · When hiring for key positions, speaking with references is important. For us, it's typically the last step in the hiring process. A phase for the final-finalists. Anyone who makes it to the final… · Shared by 61, including Galen King, Mark Kaigwa, Ramon Ray
winwithoutpitching.com
Should Your Firm Launch a Venture Fund?
· If you have the appetite for it, consider investing in a venture unit where one success has the potential to generate the equivalent of years of profit. · Shared by 8, including Galen King
intheworks.helpscout.com
Fresh Content for Mission-Driven Founders
· In the Works is Help Scout’s newest publication, featuring resources and inspiring stories about mission-driven founders and growing businesses. · Shared by 18, including Jay Acunzo, Galen King, Brian Gardner
davidcbaker.com
Options for that Single Performance Benchmark to Watch — David C. Baker
5 min · · Few principals do a good job, at the outset, monitoring the firm’s financial performance. You’ll typically focus more on cash than profit, and only about one-fourth of you enjoying processing numbers,… · Shared by 13, including Galen King, Mark Kaigwa
Farnam Street
The Feynman Learning Technique
20+ min · · If you’re after a way to supercharge your learning and become smarter, the Feynman Technique might just be the best way to learn absolutely anything. Devised by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, it… · Shared by 876, including Evan (he/him), Aamir Raz, Doug Sundheim, Oscar MacDonald, Henneke Duistermaat, Howard Getson, Jason Lauritsen, Jessel Sookha, Bill Gross, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Mark Kaigwa, Hampus Jakobsson, Galen King, maxadorno, Gabriele, Bob Apollo Inflexion-Point FF.ISP 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇪🇸, Scott Monty, davidabrock, Clark Quinn, George Waititu
complish.app
Fewer, better meetings for distributed teams
· Complish is where teams take meeting notes, run asynchronous meetings, make plans, share updates and record decisions - all connected to their work tools. · Shared by 5, including Galen King
Buffer
Open Salaries at Buffer: Our Transparent Formula and All Our Salaries
3 min · · At Buffer, we have the concept of "Open Salaries." We have a simple formula to calculate salaries and we share this with the whole team--and with you, too. · Shared by 10, including Galen King
Zapier
How to remember people's names
5 min · · Remembering names is hard. Here are 5 steps for remembering names to help you make stronger connections. · Shared by 192, including Galen King
rowansimpson.substack.com
8th August, 2021
3 min · · Week 32/52: ⚾️ Pitch, 📽 Present, 🙋 Ask · Shared by 7, including Galen King
Zapier
Not everyone wants to be a leader
6 min · · Leadership tends to be the expectation. If you want to move up in the world, you have to be a leader. But that's not the case—and here's why it's important to understand that. · Shared by 124, including Evan (he/him), Galen King