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3 Unusual Drivers of Early-Stage Growth

OpenView Labs

I saw this as a client partner and then regional managing director at an eBusiness firm that scaled from 0 to 2,000 people in three years, organically. The same was true when I ran the People function at a software development consultancy that doubled its headcount to ~100 while reducing attrition from 40% to 5% voluntary in 18 months. .

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Lean UX author Jeff Gothelf on why design must have a seat at the table

Intercom, Inc.

Author Jeff Gothelf sees this all the time in his work as a consultant for medium- and large-sized companies, and it inevitably leads to a culture clash where designers feel unvalued. As these companies scale, there seems to be a challenge for them in maintaining the pace and the agility they had when they were smaller.

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Bridging The Gap Between Customer Success & Product Ownership: An Interview With Seyi Adesola

Valuize Consulting

When deployed correctly, Product Ownership is an invaluable role that provides tactical support to your development team, translates customer value, goals and pain points into product improvements, and leads effective and impactful development sprints. Q: What was your first job? How did you get started as a Product Owner?

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Before that, he worked for 12 years at Trilogy, where he held key leadership roles helping the company grow from a start-up to a $300 million business. How do Jeff and Sameer think about what what truly special leadership looks like today? Really quickly, I am a software developer and I’d started multiple companies before Twilio.