Peopleware
The 10 Questions You Need To Ask Your Team Every Week6 minutes read.
If you're looking for great questions to start a conversation and get your teammates' feedback, this post by David Hassell (of 15Five) is exactly what you need. I would take this list with me to my next 1:1 with my teammates. My favorite: "If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently?"
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Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-founder of Kayak (Audio Interview)45 minutes read.
This is a pretty old interview (4 years) with Paul English, Kayak's legendary CTO, but if you truly care about building a company, nurturing the right culture and setting the tone, this is one of the best interviews I've heard on these subjects. I love Paul's 7 days rule to get a candidate to accept a job offering and the amount of thought and effort they put into their customer support. Download the mp3 for your next commute to work, it's worth every minute of your time.
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Engineers Don't Talk5 minutes read.
How do you keep communication and feedback open as your company grows? Great post by Elias Torres (VP Engineering at HubSpot) on their experimentation of keeping information and feedback flowing at the company. With 600 employees and over 100 engineers, it's fascinating to see the tools and process they've tried so far. Do you have similar pains or concerns? Share this post with your management team and have a discussion.
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