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The Evolution of DevOps in Cloud Application Development

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In today’s moving software development arena the DevOps movement stands out as a game changer bridging the gap, between development and operations teams. With the rise of cloud computing DevOps has gained a partner that has propelled its growth and reshaped the landscape of application development.

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How To Build A High-Performing Team And Retain Top Talent with Snowflake Global Director of Market Intelligence Guan Wang (Video)

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How To Build A High-Performing Team And Retain Top Talent. Every leader needs to have a strategic playbook to build high-performing teams and retain top talent,” says Guan Wang, Global Director of Market Intelligence for Snowflake. . Stage 3: Employee Development. The Playbook For Building And Retaining A High-Performing Team .

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We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. a16z has long had an investment theory that we should invest behind strengths of a business model and opportunity, not lack of weakness. It truly has been a team effort. billion to $20.7

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The Best of SaaS at YCombinator: A Deep Dive with the CEOs of Gusto, Amplitude and Plangrid (Video + Transcript)

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PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Getting the team right is so key here.

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The Playbook to Scaling High-Performance Teams with Gusto COO Lexi Reese (Video + Transcript)

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Lexi Reese, Gusto COO uses her 20+ years of experience to provide advice on building high performing teams using authenticity, empathy and logic. Lexi explains the importance of team trust, driver and passenger mindsets, and much more. I think the foundation of high performance teams is that they share five things.

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Impact of AI on Product Management [Malte Scholz]

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Automation frees up PMs’ time so that they can focus on activities that make the biggest difference, like product strategy development. Other areas where AI lacks are contextual understanding, complex decision-making, and creative innovation. When integrated well, AI can enhance the product experience for customers.

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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

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What does Jeff mean when he says, “the developer first approach is a maturation of the supply chain of software?” How has Jeff seen his original thesis for “developer first” evolve and change with time? What does truly special customer experience look like in the developer first model? * Three developers: Tim, Isaac, Jose.