First Round
Hire a Top Performer Every Time with These Interview Questions
15+ min · · Koru CEO Kristen Hamilton helps hundreds of people hire and get hired every year. These are the traits she knows translate into excellent performance on the job. · Shared by 549, including Esther Schindler, Mark Kaigwa, Moritz Meenen, Matthias Lampe, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Marco Unternaehrer, Jonas Kamber, Stefan Steiner, Christian Hirsig, Melissa Tan, Ricardo Yasuda, David Luescher, Sara Usinger, Marcus Kuhn, mark brophy, Thomas Power, Luzius Meisser, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Dominik Grolimund, Philippe Surber
Reforge
When and How to Take Big Swings
20+ min · · Growth teams are frequently misperceived as optimization squads who run experiments to increase product or marketing KPIs. In reality, the best growth teams are like the best baseball teams. They know… · Shared by 372, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Quim, Víctor González Pacheco
First Round
Indispensable Growth Frameworks from My Years at Facebook, Twitter and Wealthfront
19+ min · · Wealthfront's VP of Growth Andy Johns outlines the three mandatory skills of a growth leader. · Shared by 207, including Víctor González Pacheco, Johannes Dornisch, Quim
Lenny Rachitsky
A founder’s guide to community
20+ min · · When to invest in community, how to get started, setting goals, crafting a strategy, hiring, scaling, and much more—guest post by David Spinks · Shared by 377, including Mark Kaigwa, Ces Michelin, Sujan Patel, Katja Evertz, Víctor González Pacheco
Content Marketing Institute
100+ Content Marketing Trends and Predictions for Success in 2022
· Find out which content marketing trends to watch in 2022 from thought leaders, speakers, and award winners ¬– Content Marketing Institute · Shared by 383, including Veronica Stoddart, Melanie Deziel (she/her), Katja Evertz, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Christoph Trappe, Andrew Davis, Michelle Garrett, AJ Ghergich, Pam Didner, bernieborges, Kelly Hungerford, Robert Rose, Gini Dietrich, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, LARRY ELKAN, Juntae DeLane #DigitalBranding, Joe Pulizzi, Matt Heinz, Andy Crestodina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Harvard Business Review
Today’s CEOs Need Hands-On Digital Skills
4 min · · Leaders need a firm understanding of how emerging tech will shape their company’s future. · Shared by 111, including Kelly Hungerford, Sales Strategies for CEOs with Alice Heiman, davidabrock, Víctor González Pacheco, Guy Kawasaki, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Marsha Collier, Deirdre Breakenridge
First Round
Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss
10 min · · Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor, Inc., has built her career around a simple goal: Creating bullshit-free zones where people love their work and working together. She first tried it at her own software… · Shared by 36, including Ines Bieler, Víctor González Pacheco
First Round
Networking Advice on How to Become Insanely Well-Connected
20+ min · · Chris Fralic is a world-class super-connector. Here's how the long-time First Round Partner has methodically built bonds spanning years and careers. · Shared by 196, including Brent Beshore, Chris Fralic, Víctor González Pacheco
First Round
Rahul Vohra Shares Superhuman's Product Market Fit Framework
20+ min · · Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measuring… · Shared by 89, including Yash Tekriwal, Dave Kellogg, Marco Unternaehrer, Víctor González Pacheco, Nathan Baschez 📧, Teresa Torres, Nir Eyal, Alex Lieberman, Andy Budd, Michelle Boisson, kp
Harvard Business Review
Estimate the Cost of a Meeting with This Calculator
1 min · · Shared by 116, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Víctor González Pacheco, Stephen C Sanders, Thomas Power, Elia Palme, Stephanie A Kowalski, Adrian Zumbrunnen, blinch, Kris Fannin, Herbert Bay, hiten.eth, David Butler, Tom Connor, Christian Müller, Dominik Grolimund, Brian, Mark Kaigwa
First Round
Finding Language/Market Fit: How to Make Customers Feel Like You’ve Read Their Minds
20+ min · · After more than a decade of running B2B growth teams at PayPal and investing at 500 Startups, Matt Lerner now spends his days helping early-stage startups with growth. He's seen firsthand how changes… · Shared by 648, including Teresa Torres, Bob Apollo Inflexion-Point FF.ISP 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇪🇸, Víctor González Pacheco, Thomas Pleil, rohit, Quim, Abel Caballero Díaz, Alan Klement
andrewchen.com
What to look for when you’re hiring a Head of Growth
20+ min · · The most frequent question One of the most frequent questions that founders ask is – I’ve read all about the importance of user growth, so now, how do I hire a Head of Growth? It’s asked often for… · Shared by 221, including Víctor González Pacheco, andrew chen, Mark Kaigwa, Andy Budd
Lenny Rachitsky
60 ideas to boost your growth
8 min · · A motherload of growth inspiration by guest author Ali Abouelatta, creator of the First 1000 newsletter · Shared by 1620, including Katja Evertz, Víctor González Pacheco, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
bvp.com
Scaling to $100 Million
20+ min · · As growth investors at Bessemer, we hear the same benchmarking questions over and over from portfolio companies as they mature: What should my gross margin be? How much should I be spending on R&D as… · Shared by 58, including David Cancel, Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊, Christian Hernandez, Francesco Corea, Dave Kellogg, Rob Moffat, Víctor González Pacheco, Florian Graillot
Forbes
5 Steps To Find Your Perfect Niche Market
4 min · · Knowing your customer is the foundation for any successful business but deciding on a niche isn’t always easy. This solid approach will help any business owner or entrepreneur find the ideal target… · Shared by 5, including Víctor González Pacheco
First Round
This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like
18+ min · · Jessica McKellar, former founder and now engineering manager at Dropbox, shares the tenets that have made her an effective technical leader. · Shared by 6, including Víctor González Pacheco