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Developing technical taste: A guide for next-gen engineers | Sam Schillace (Microsoft, Google Docs)
Sam Schillace is the CVP and Deputy CTO at Microsoft. Before Microsoft, Sam held prominent engineering roles at Google and Box. He has also founded six startups, including Writely, which was acquired by Google and became Google Docs.
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In today’s episode, we discuss:
• Sam’s advice for future engineers
• What’s next for AI
• How to develop technical taste
• The importance of asking “what if” questions
• Lessons on market timing
• Scaling a software company in 2024
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Referenced:
Amazon: amazon.com
• Box: www.box.com/
• Elon Musk: elonmusk
• Google Docs: docs.google.com
• Itzhak Perlman: itzhakperlman.com/
• Microsoft: www.microsoft.com
• Netflix: www.netflix.com
• Tesla: www.tesla.com/
• The Inn...
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Видео

How to build and scale winning marketplaces | Casey Winters (Eventbrite, Pinterest, Grubhub)
Просмотров 66621 день назад
Casey Winters is a legendary advisor on scaling, product and growth. He’s worked with companies like Airbnb, Faire, Canva, Whatnot, Thumbtack, Tinder, and Reddit. Until recently, Casey was the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite, and has also led growth and product teams at Pinterest and Grubhub. - In today’s episode, we discuss: • What every marketplace founder should think about • Why marketp...
The rationale behind Sentry's low-cost pricing strategy
Просмотров 6621 день назад
You might be surprised to hear that Sentry intentionally keeps its prices low, even in a market where customers are willing to pay top dollar for its application monitoring tool. But there is a method to this unconventional move, as CEO Milin Desai explains on the In Depth podcast. It all comes down to stepping into the shoes of their target customer: an individual developer inside a software c...
Why startups that sell to developers can’t afford to be mediocre
Просмотров 11828 дней назад
Conventional enterprise software wisdom has startups aiming for additional product lines that are ~80% as good as category standalone leaders, with the thinking that it’s the suite of products will win customers over in the end. But Sentry CEO Milin Desai offers a different point of view, telling Brett Berson on the In Depth podcast why if your target user is a developer, you can’t afford to be...
Lessons from Sentry on scaling DevTools and finding product market fit (again) | Milin Desai (CEO)
Просмотров 338Месяц назад
Milin Desai is the CEO at Sentry, an application monitoring tool for developers. Sentry has recently passed two key milestones: 100K customers and over $100M in ARR. Before Sentry, Milin was a GM at VMware and scaled their cloud networking into a billion-dollar business. Prior to stepping into leadership roles, Milin was a PM at Riverbed and a software engineer at Veritas. - In today’s episode,...
How to be effective up and down the org chart | Matt MacInnis (Rippling, Inkling, Apple)
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.2 месяца назад
Matt MacInnis is the COO at Rippling, an all-in-one HR, IT, and finance platform for businesses, which last raised $500M at a $11.25B valuation. Before Rippling, Matt was the co-founder and CEO at Inkling, a mobile learning platform that was acquired in 2018. He also held several management roles at Apple. - In today’s episode, we discuss: • Lessons on culture, org-design, and product from Ripp...
Timeless lessons from Square, Amazon and Microsoft | Alyssa Henry
Просмотров 3982 месяца назад
Alyssa Henry is the former CEO of Square, a financial services company providing products and services used by over 4 million merchants. Formerly at Amazon, Alyssa led the development and growth of Simple Storage Service (S3) at AWS. Alyssa now serves as an Independent Director at Intel and Confluent. - In today’s episode, we discuss: • Lessons from Amazon, Microsoft, and Square • “Minimum Rema...
Do whatever it takes to stay close to your early customers
Просмотров 6422 месяца назад
Do whatever it takes to stay close to your early customers
Ironclad's pivot from AI legal assistant to CLM
Просмотров 4772 месяца назад
Ironclad's pivot from AI legal assistant to CLM
Ironclad's Path to Product-Market Fit
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Ironclad's Path to Product-Market Fit
Introducing PMF Method from First Round Capital
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.2 месяца назад
Introducing PMF Method from First Round Capital
Lattice's Path to Product-Market Fit
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.2 месяца назад
Lattice's Path to Product-Market Fit
Verkada's Path to Product-Market Fit
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.2 месяца назад
Verkada's Path to Product-Market Fit
Looker's Path to Product-Market Fit
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.2 месяца назад
Looker's Path to Product-Market Fit
Plaid's Path to Product-Market Fit
Просмотров 12 тыс.2 месяца назад
Plaid's Path to Product-Market Fit
Why Lattice's founder says talk to customers until you're sick of hearing the same thing
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 месяца назад
Why Lattice's founder says talk to customers until you're sick of hearing the same thing
Avoid the "Are you my mother?" approach to product-building
Просмотров 7522 месяца назад
Avoid the "Are you my mother?" approach to product-building
How Looker closed its earliest deals
Просмотров 5042 месяца назад
How Looker closed its earliest deals
Why the pivot is the cheat code to product-market fit
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 месяца назад
Why the pivot is the cheat code to product-market fit
Vanta's Path to Product-Market Fit
Просмотров 16 тыс.2 месяца назад
Vanta's Path to Product-Market Fit
Building products that delight customers | Adam Nash (Daffy, Wealthfront, LinkedIn, eBay, Apple)
Просмотров 2132 месяца назад
Building products that delight customers | Adam Nash (Daffy, Wealthfront, LinkedIn, eBay, Apple)
A masterclass in founder conviction | Eilon Reshef (Co-founder and CPO at Gong)
Просмотров 3952 месяца назад
A masterclass in founder conviction | Eilon Reshef (Co-founder and CPO at Gong)
Essential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Buddybuild)
Просмотров 1273 месяца назад
Essential lessons for building and scaling DevTools | Dennis Pilarinos (Unblocked, Buddybuild)
Scaling and selling AI products for enterprise | May Habib (Co-founder and CEO of Writer)
Просмотров 7703 месяца назад
Scaling and selling AI products for enterprise | May Habib (Co-founder and CEO of Writer)
The secret lever Replit pulled to scale ahead of its competition | Amjad Masad (Co-founder and CEO)
Просмотров 4734 месяца назад
The secret lever Replit pulled to scale ahead of its competition | Amjad Masad (Co-founder and CEO)
How to ship faster without increasing headcount (Mike Cieri, CPO of Gusto)
Просмотров 1264 месяца назад
How to ship faster without increasing headcount (Mike Cieri, CPO of Gusto)
Lessons from Gusto & Square on Finding Your Product Wedge | Michael Cieri
Просмотров 3744 месяца назад
Lessons from Gusto & Square on Finding Your Product Wedge | Michael Cieri
A customer success masterclass | How to build and scale a CS org | Stephanie Berner (LinkedIn)
Просмотров 2444 месяца назад
A customer success masterclass | How to build and scale a CS org | Stephanie Berner (LinkedIn)
Why engineers should be given time to explore (Michael Lopp)
Просмотров 974 месяца назад
Why engineers should be given time to explore (Michael Lopp)
The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.5 месяцев назад
The human side of world-class engineering leadership | Michael Lopp (Apple, Palantir, Slack)

Комментарии

  • @same.7939
    @same.7939 17 дней назад

    Such a wealth of information here. Thank you!

  • @p4r7h-v
    @p4r7h-v 17 дней назад

    epic

  • @nurafya24
    @nurafya24 17 дней назад

    PMF is harddddd. But this is very assuring for a first time founder like me

  • @drandakis
    @drandakis 23 дня назад

    Great convo. On your comments about carsharing, you're right that the dollar value is much smaller than, say, Airbnb. But the volume can be dramatically bigger (depending on how you execute). Supply can be much bigger (obviously, many more people can afford a spare car than a spare home). But demand also can be way bigger since car rentals can attract not only tourists (the Airbnb case) but also a lot of locals in each city with various types of needs.

  • @mdnahidseo
    @mdnahidseo 23 дня назад

    Do u need a professional RUclips thumbnails designer and video SEO expert /?

  • @honoredelite5677
    @honoredelite5677 Месяц назад

    ......... I have to deal with rippling enough. why did it go from giving me rippling ads to actual videos THAT ARE ALSO ADS. I'm already off of work leave me alone.

  • @LeadershipJourney
    @LeadershipJourney Месяц назад

    Thank you. I really enjoyed Alyssa Henry's insights. The discussion around the spillage of R&D benefiting mostly others is thought-provoking. All in all, she seems to be an inspiring leader to work with. Fun fact: I usually watch videos at 1.25 or 1.5 speed. When the video started, I thought it was left at 1.25 speed. But then I realized that Alyssa spoke fast 😅.

  • @tdc22a
    @tdc22a Месяц назад

    Managers talking about products/services as "superpowers"? Ok, enough cringe for one day.

  • @jeremyinglesi8458
    @jeremyinglesi8458 Месяц назад

    This is amazing

  • @Worsman69
    @Worsman69 2 месяца назад

    Not impressed by the presenter. Pure lack of empathy to the problemes potential customers do face. Drop the high additude. Be humble that customers have a problem that you could solve

    • @orangedaisies
      @orangedaisies 19 дней назад

      What a strange take.

    • @nurafya24
      @nurafya24 17 дней назад

      What? How did you get to that conclusion?

  • @kundan_bhosale
    @kundan_bhosale 2 месяца назад

    Can I apply from India? I mean do you accept candidates from India?

    • @FirstRoundCapital
      @FirstRoundCapital 2 месяца назад

      Unfortunately we're only accepting folks who can be here for all of the in-person sessions in San Francisco.

  • @LeveragedFinance
    @LeveragedFinance 2 месяца назад

    ok so they had people Ctrl F a json and file the SOC 2 report first, is it automated now?

    • @GabrielSestrem
      @GabrielSestrem 2 месяца назад

      You have no idea how automated Vanta is right now. They connected to 15+ of our vendors and got 150+ automated controla checks instantly. It’s magic 🪄

    • @FirstRoundCapital
      @FirstRoundCapital 2 месяца назад

      Yes, this was just in the early days when the founders were looking to get feedback on the idea and see if the product was worth building out.

  • @eoj096
    @eoj096 2 месяца назад

    This is great and very helpful. Thank you

  • @NAE333
    @NAE333 2 месяца назад

    What was the secret lever? This just says pandemic helped us

    • @FirstRoundCapital
      @FirstRoundCapital Месяц назад

      Check out the full episode to hear what it was 👀

  • @DJjussi1
    @DJjussi1 2 месяца назад

    So many tech founders from SF have the exact same body language and speaking style as Marc Andreessen

  • @long_fellow
    @long_fellow 2 месяца назад

    Thousands of channels like this popping up everyday 😂

  • @maryamrashidi2329
    @maryamrashidi2329 2 месяца назад

    Not "product fit" but "value fit" - Smart!!

  • @maryamrashidi2329
    @maryamrashidi2329 2 месяца назад

    Very insightful account, esp. the focus on market development instead (in the first instance) of creating a product that would fit into an existing market! Thank you

  • @bengtrj
    @bengtrj 2 месяца назад

    Amazing video. I’m baffled I’m the 6th to comment on it considering it was published 4 months ago!

  • @ribl1000
    @ribl1000 2 месяца назад

    Has there been some security upgrades recently? AFAIK they still have the same issue with customer data mining. Great product

  • @csrt7774
    @csrt7774 2 месяца назад

    Blessed by the algorithm after binge watching Nick Kozmin

  • @JulioReguero
    @JulioReguero 2 месяца назад

    Fear can be paralyzing to some and actually motivating for others. What works for me if I feel I’m no longer focused on the work I’m doing, or any task I want to accomplish, is to first be aware of it, and being able to recognize if I’m in fact being productive, or maybe I’m just distracted, anxious, with doubt cloud judgment that paralyzes my workflow. I literally stop what I’m doing and go for a walk, or find a space indoor or outdoor where I can pause a bit this rapid, impulsive thinking, this overwhelming impulse to do things, fix things, come up with ideas, experiment, etc. Just take a deep breath, put things in perspective, activate big picture mode. Identify what’s under your control and what is not at that moment, try to structure and organize your thoughts, use coffee or whatever works to calm you down. Think about what your priorities are right now. In short, learn how to remain calm during stressful situations. It takes practice, but putting things in perspective will boost your confidence and allows you to keep moving. If you’re building software, then just chill, but if you’re sending people to Mars using rockets, well, I can understand the feeling of being paranoid and stressed out, and having your mind playing all kind of tricks on you.

  • @dominicwood3750
    @dominicwood3750 2 месяца назад

    It’s made me go and look at their product as will get my idea off the ground faster

  • @AnthonySistilli
    @AnthonySistilli 2 месяца назад

    Christina has such amazing insights!

  • @duanegadama61
    @duanegadama61 2 месяца назад

    Discovering this channel feels like finding a hidden gem. Super valuable content

  • @Fkautzmann
    @Fkautzmann 2 месяца назад

    That's a great testimonial. It's not easy to raise and maintain a company, but you guys have a great team and product!

  • @UganWopla
    @UganWopla 2 месяца назад

    I don't want to see a founder only talking from two different camera angle. He is not Steve jobs. I want to see his product, his company, WTF he is really talking about.

    • @dobattlers
      @dobattlers 2 месяца назад

      The core product is very simple and basic. Its how u connect your bank account to apps like venmo

    • @user-yd7yl8cy9z
      @user-yd7yl8cy9z 2 месяца назад

      It's easy to look up his product and learn more about it. The point of this video is to tell the story of how they achieved PMF and the thoughts and journey behind the process.

    • @sanketasd8872
      @sanketasd8872 2 месяца назад

      @uganWopla is a big investor it seems

    • @aminbusiness3139
      @aminbusiness3139 2 месяца назад

      It’d be cool if there was pictures of the MVP or the initial product that achieved PMF

  • @Redleef607
    @Redleef607 2 месяца назад

    Great interview. We adopted Latrice recently at my company and did our first round of OKRs. Fantastic tool.

  • @rakhiraveendran6790
    @rakhiraveendran6790 2 месяца назад

    Great session!

  • @bencorrigan2702
    @bencorrigan2702 2 месяца назад

    Getting an intern to order smoothies for employees at 9pm is not good management.

  • @mohsinhaider3830
    @mohsinhaider3830 3 месяца назад

    - Ship fast. The first version was glued together after he hadn't written code in a long time, and it was still good enough to help the customer. - Be uncomfortably narrow for the ICP of your first customers, as it usually makes sense to be. They only sold to NA companies selling software over videoconferencing with a 1k to 50k ticket size / acv and didn't branch out for quite some time. - Customers don't know the value of a product until they use it. They let their design partners use the product for six months before finally asking them to pay, and 11 of the 12 did. - Hired a team really early on, after he built the very first version of the product and some customers started using it. It was more coincidental, but in retrospect, they were approaching PMF and it was the right move. - Design partners, when used right, can you help you forge the product so it really sits well with the market in GA. He swears by them and would rather 'lose an arm' instead of give up the design partners the PMs still work with to this day.

  • @JohnVandivier
    @JohnVandivier 3 месяца назад

    The intro is such a good take. I’m definitely going to watch the whole thing.

    • @JohnVandivier
      @JohnVandivier 2 месяца назад

      didn't really understand the opposition to story points for velocity measurement.

  • @nabilduval1629
    @nabilduval1629 3 месяца назад

    Love it! Steve Blank is really the best!

  • @eduardoPicazzo
    @eduardoPicazzo 3 месяца назад

    Basic obvious fluff...

  • @vincentamico3326
    @vincentamico3326 3 месяца назад

    Let me tell you what happened to me very recently: I booked an apartment for one month with airBandB in France,and the Host didnt disclose in the advertisement that she wanted me to take out a Home Insurance Policy Package for the place!! You can always cancel straightaway,she said.I called AirBandB and they agreed with my point but were totally unable to assist in any way.They were all called "Ambassadors"(!!) and they were very young people calling from the Philippines who had no clue what they were doing.They did not even know what "Home Insurance Policy" is!! I had to explain it to them but still they did not understand me,they thought I was talking of some kind of deposit!Nobody in the team knew what they were doing.In the end I did not want to give in to the snobbish arrogant Host,over the phone,and lost 580 pounds.The main point I want to stress is:AirBandB employ very young people in Third World countries who cannot even speak English and are supposed to deal with complicated legal issues. I have now GIVEN UP FOREVER on using AirBand B,after 10 years, for the rest of my life.Hotels are much fresher and respectful.

  • @thetagang6854
    @thetagang6854 3 месяца назад

    lets goo

  • @thisisanewusername4662
    @thisisanewusername4662 3 месяца назад

    this was pure garbage.

  • @camnova
    @camnova 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for such a thoughtful conversation! Best of luck to the Writer team

  • @0100hem
    @0100hem 4 месяца назад

    thanks guys 😊

  • @ManiDoraisamy-GDE
    @ManiDoraisamy-GDE 5 месяцев назад

    Honest and insightful interview! Thank you!

  • @musicmavericks3790
    @musicmavericks3790 5 месяцев назад

    This is pure gold!! thank you for posting this interview

  • @tonyplasencia6193
    @tonyplasencia6193 5 месяцев назад

    This is so good

  • @JonnyRoss
    @JonnyRoss 6 месяцев назад

    Its so wild when people don't pay attention to their customers. Who tf you think is giving you money?? Lmao

  • @paulmattle6683
    @paulmattle6683 6 месяцев назад

    We had a few classes in middle achool that was kind of like Economics, and told how a basic business works, then opened up a school store. We sold pens, paper, erasers, folders. It was cool!

  • @mannyade2890
    @mannyade2890 6 месяцев назад

    Culture being how we live the values, it such a great way of articulating and merging the 2, it has h=give me a great perspective

  • @Hastingsnow
    @Hastingsnow 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @nicholasrescobar2769
    @nicholasrescobar2769 7 месяцев назад

    Unbelievably valuable video. Thank you!

  • @LeadershipJourney
    @LeadershipJourney 7 месяцев назад

    A lot of this resonated with me as I am relatively new at a job and I’m also reading John P. Kotter’s Leading Change. Very insightful interview. I love Will Larson’s work, and it was great to hear some of his thoughts reiterated here. Thank you.

  • @goosebumpsfm
    @goosebumpsfm 7 месяцев назад

    super insightful👍

  • @ragnarfromsweden
    @ragnarfromsweden 7 месяцев назад

    Great interview! It really makes me rethink how I communicate as an engineer. It has been a reluctance of mine of sharing details concerning medium-size decisions out of fear of being poorly micromanaged, of course the real solution as i understand is to share the wide context first and then the details. Obvious when said out loud, eye-opener for me.