PinnedIs success binary?I’ve been thinking a lot about that Tony Hsieh article that showed up on Forbes this past week. As someone who has read his book, read about his book, read thesis after thesis about holacracy and Zappos’ culture for over a decade now … obviously I was as shook as…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Jan 21On Success & FailureThis year I’m reading extensively about failure & success. It seems like there is so much uncertainty in tech, seems like everyone is sitting up & wondering what this all means, where they stand in life, career, and more. More importantly, I have been on a journey myself. I’ll keep…2 min read2 min read
Dec 29, 2022On being betterThere’s a place in my head that I try to go to every day. I want to be better. Every day. Better is like that badminton stroke you fix, the minute your coach tells you to. And then you remember that every time you play for the next few weeks…Life2 min readLife2 min read
Mar 8, 2020The Quest for MoreNotes to self: Thoughts on personal growth, gender roles & more! I’ve been thinking long and hard about gender and diversity for many many years now. And my thoughts on the subject have changed, morphed, possibly evolved to a place more in sync with who I am right now. I’ve…Diversity3 min readDiversity3 min read
Nov 19, 2019Careers & Startups: Moving past the ladder metaphorI spend close to 70% of my time hiring these days. When a startup is in growth mode, most of the team has moved from the early adrenalin and excitement to getting repeatable, scalable processes in place, in pursuit of sustainable, forecastable growth. Topics on the aisle way move from…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
May 16, 2019PMF & GTM: 2 sides of the same coinNotes on building Enterprise SaaS — Most of what we discuss on the topic of PMF in SaaS, focuses on the ‘P’ aka product part. We discuss understanding the user, workflows, product management, product development, features vs use cases and more. But it’s not easy to know who is going to use your product and how…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Aug 10, 2018On the changing nature of teamworkI read this fabulous piece this week on Medium. ‘Screen Time is changing our brain circuitry’: Maryanne Wolf unpacks how our brains behave when reading in print vs digital device. https://t.co/TUFp0bwEg2 I’ve been reflecting on this topic for months now in a very different context: teamwork & collaboration in the…Teamwork3 min readTeamwork3 min read
Jan 12, 2018Moving past early stage: What it means to retain 50% women at your tech startup2 years ago I published “How we got to 50% women at my startup”. Much of my focus in the first 2 years of company building was on getting the foundation right. I wrote this first piece when I was focused on broadening the hiring funnel and creating the foundation…Diversity6 min readDiversity6 min read
May 25, 2017On building motivated teamsBuilding teams that scale with your startup .. It’s not very often that we read or speak about teams in an ‘everyday’ sort of way. In the startup deadline world, to think consistently about the nuances of a changing, growing, hard working team can be challenging. …Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
Nov 20, 2015How we got to 50% women at my startup(hint: it did not involve moving mountains) — “I organize hackathons, and trust me, women don’t show up” “It’s easier to find women for positions with ‘soft’ skills” “Most women out there prefer stable, safe jobs. Startups are not very conducive to a family life or stability.” “I don’t want to compromise quality for the sake of diversity…Diversity9 min readDiversity9 min read
