Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. In the spirit of our WYSIWYG culture at Upfront I thought it might be useful to explain what we’ve done, what we’re doing and why we feel this best suits our working style.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Logistics operators in Africa suffer from various problems, from inconsistent pricing, which stems from a fragmented supply-and-demand market, to paper documentation and little or no access to financing. For comparison, it’s 6% in the U.S. Most times, your investors and board are present when it’s working.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’ve gathered insights from CEOs, founders, and top executives on their most successful methods, from combining chat and asynchronous video to actively listening and documenting meetings. Institute Cross-Functional Mentorship Within our startup, we recognized the importance of fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams.

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Reforge

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

More from Ely Matt Marenghi Matt, former VP of Engineering at Netflix, fostered a culture of autonomy for ~13 years, largely ignoring the Scrum regimen — even in its heyday. It comes down to company culture and everybody involved understanding that things do change. What is a Scrum Master? Matt seconds this train of thought.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

There was kind of a culture of glorifying that a little bit, where everybody’s wearing company swag, and then it becomes a thing that everybody wants. I didn’t want to do a big commute, so– Yelp was a good fit there, and I just had such good mentorship that I wanted to come back full-time.

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