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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. Solvers tend to be reactive to what leadership is really worried about. How do we fix it?”

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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Building An Accidental Business | Cesar Kuriyama | BoS USA 2019

Business of Software Conference

This became a thriving, bootstrapped, remote only, business that became the number one paid app in Apple’s App Store in 2018. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Find out how 1Second Everyday: make remote working work. changed the business model as it grew up.

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How Executives can Empower Great Design

Modus Create

In 2018, McKinsey published their Business Value of Design report summarizing how organizations with higher Design Index scores saw a correlation with higher revenue growth and, for the top quartile, higher returns to shareholders. About 90% of companies in their 2018 research aren’t fully realizing the full potential of their design teams.

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Growing Sales In A SaaS Business | John Snyder | BoS Europe 2019

Business of Software Conference

The company was acquired by Oracle Corporation in May 2018. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Video, Sketchnote, & Slides below.

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Building A Billion Dollar Business – Managing Objectives Against Rapid Growth | Poppy Gustafsson | BoS Europe 2019

Business of Software Conference

Poppy is a co-founder and CEO of Darktrace, a world-leading AI company for cyber defence, named Europe’s ‘Fastest Growing Super Scale-up’ by Tech Tour in 2018. Poppy was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2019 in recognition of her services to cyber security. Poppy Gustafsson // Darktrace.

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How do you solve your product problems?

Business of Software Conference

At BoS, Bruce has spoken three times ( Europe 2018 , USA 2018 , Europe Online 2020) and has led not one but two great BoS Masterclasses focused on Product Roadmapping. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Can I submit a question in advance?