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Productivity · 2 min read

Manage Your Energy

To maximize performance, manage your energy. (Source: http://vimeo.com/)

Time · 7 min read

Matthew Stibbe, Founder of Turbine & CEO of Articulate Marketing

Matthew Stibbe is the CEO of Articulate Marketing, a marketing copywriting agency, and founder of Turbine, an online application that helps businesses take care of administrative issues, to “take the paper out of paperwork.” In what he calls his spare time, he’s learning Dutch and blogging about flying and about writin

Productivity · 8 min read

Non-Technical Founder Feature Launch in Three Weeks

I’ve recently spoken with technical founders who’ve complained about their non-technical co-founders who refuse to do or learn anything technical, and it’s struck a nerve. One technical founder told me, “My co-founder refuses to learn the most basic SQL so that they can pull analytics on their own.” As the…

Productivity · 2 min read

On Living the Dream

I’m often surprised by how often I meet VCs/investors who seem to express interest in hearing my personal story of how I ended up going from being a math nerd to working as a big firm corporate lawyer to running a startup. I remember telling Brad Burnham at Union Square…

Time · 2 min read

One Done at a Time

Check out the beautiful infographic below on our how brains adapt to multi-tasking. New reports find that high-multi-taskers are “lousy at everything required for multi-tasking.”

Time · 3 min read

Painless Timekeeping for Lawyers

For lawyers who shudder at the very mention of the word “billable”, time keeping ranges the negative spectrum from the worst chore to the bane of lawyerly existence. The best way to keep track of your time is contemporaneous entries for accuracy’s sake, but that’s just not how a lot…

Remote work · 10 min read

Remote Work is Here to Stay

Remote work is increasing across the globe, in every industry that can manage it—and it isn’t just the pandemic that’s making it happen. Sure, the pandemic forced an increase in speed and breadth of adoption, but this snowball has been rolling down the hill for years. Employees expect more flexibility; employers need t

Management · 6 min read

Scaling Your Business Without Losing Your Culture

Aside from “innovation,” few buzzwords carry as little real meaning in Silicon Valley and the broader tech sector than “culture.” While countless startups and established companies alike have seized upon the idea of corporate culture as a vehicle of employee attraction and a way to differentiate themselves in crowded m

Management · 14 min read

People Management for Rookies

People management is tricky, but it's a learnable skill. Here are some of the best tricks and tips for first-time managers.

Productivity · 2 min read

Recognize Your Own Achievements

Remember to pause to recognize your accomplishments, whatever the size. There'll always be more to do ahead, so use that to fuel your motivation.