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How to conduct a reduction in force: Planning, execution and follow-up

TechCrunch

Many CEOs can’t afford to simply exist within the status quo frameworks they enjoyed as part of a rosy 2021. Our best-practice advice to CEOs is to cut deep enough that they are confident there will not be a second round in the next few months. If leadership erred, take responsibility for the mistakes.

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Learnings of a CEO: Matt Schulman, Pave, on Hiring

Y Combinator

But I found that early advice to be accurate: The first 10 employees are the most important aspect in the company’s life cycle – other than finding product-market fit – and recruiting has to be the founder’s priority. Most candidates will ask questions in the document, as it can be more approachable.

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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

I had to understand their business requirements and document them all. I’m never right the first time so I spend time adjusting my frameworks. But in leadership and entrepreneurism the top-down approach will be the right solution more often than not. Tags: Startup Advice. But applied correctly and this is golden.

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How to maintain engineering velocity as you scale

Y Combinator

I used these meetings to get advice, but more importantly I was always giving them updates on our progress, vision, fundraising, and product releases. We were intentional about this from day one and documented it in our engineering handbook. Train your team to use experimentation frameworks.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

A MOC document can help you prioritize what jobs you need an executive to do so you can hire against those needs. We spend time looking at their org savvy, their leadership skills. I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

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This UK startup got $9M so you’ll pay it to shrink your household bills

TechCrunch

The poorest households describe a stark choice — between ‘heating or eating’ Into this grim maelstrom a new London-based startup, called Nous , is hoping to throw households a life-raft by offering a free personalized report that explains how price rises will affect their costs and gives advice on how to adapt to inflation.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tomasz Tunguz

Leadership, she’s been on the leadership team for two massive businesses, and so who better to hear from on that topic than Claire. My advice would be actually, start something and then keep drafting it. Tomasz Tunguz: That’s a living document. Claire Hughes Johnson : It’s a living document.