From two-person consultancy to $4.2B software business — dbt Labs’ Path to PMF
From two-person consultancy to $4.2B software business — dbt Labs’ Path to PMF
Co-founder Tristan Handy shares the startup’s unconventional backstory.
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I joined Applied Intuition as a new-grad engineer back in early 2019, when it was just a handful of us working above a bar on Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale...
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In this latest episode of Executive Function, Brett sits down with Praveer Melwani, CFO at Figma. Praveer joined Figma in 2017 as the company's first...
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Guideline's Path to Product-Market Fit — The Early Decisions That Powered Its Acquisition by Gusto
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Founders and operators who’ve successfully built forward deployed engineering teams share the nuances that make this idiosyncratic role work, along...
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Top startup leaders share their best tips for managing up, including communication tactics, building trust, and goal setting with your manager.
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‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups
Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's...
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Build Products That Solve Real Problems With This Lightweight JTBD Framework
Drawing on her experiences building products at Lumosity, Oculus, and Facebook's New Product Experimentation group, Sunita Mohanty shares a...
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