Team

1. Work that Matters Is your team mission-driven? Can your team answer what the company is trying to achieve and how they get there?  At my first startup, I had an offsite where I wrote questions about the company on index cards. I had my developers each pull an index card and respond as if […]

Remote teams are here to stay. I have been leading distributed product dev teams since 2001. Here are 10 leadership tips on how to optimize your remote team. Learn how often to meet face to face, and when to not meet at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq5C3lz-0fw Summary 1️⃣ Think through the rhythm of the team. What needs […]

Making incremental progress towards a long-term goal often goes without notice. However, building a pattern of consistently communicating about progress can both motivate your team as well as give others visibility into your team's successes. These short-term wins can anchor the change you are trying to work towards. A Simple Example of Capturing Short-Term Wins […]

Building a rock star technology team is often a key ingredient to a successful startup. Once this seed team is built, and your company is gaining traction, it is critical to retain the stars on the team. Long ago, my good friend and entrepreneur from Just Enough HR and I put on a seminar on how to […]

I recently went to a talk by @mikeonads about Adserving and Scalability. I went prepared to hear about the technical bits of scaling and to do a compare/contrast of some of the challenges that the ad industry faces versus high-volume search (where I have been spending most of my cycles lately.) Surprisingly, Mike did not lead with that. […]