How to Lead at Hypergrowth Companies
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How to Lead at Hypergrowth Companies
For you: Just as startups strive to find PMF, you’re figuring out your skillset niche. What problems do companies have that you can solve? Whether it’s brand marketing, product management, data analytics, or another area, you need to identify your unique strengths and deliver results that your “audience” (your employer) values. Companies should wan... See more
Elena Verna • Your Career Is a Startup: Building Sustainable Growth, One Stage at a Time
If you are your sole responsibility, this is the time to step outside of your comfort zone, to start or join an exciting, risky project; to drop everything else at the chance to be part of something really great. So what if it fails? You can always go back to school, take that job at an investment bank or a consulting company, move into a nicer apa
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Many people think management is about other people. I think management starts with understanding what you’re good at and what you need to work on.
Claire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
This experience did, however, underscore two important lessons for me. First, I got the job because I had built a reputation as a great manager, and being a great manager can be a significant career differentiator. Second, no matter how brilliant a company is, it will not get far, let alone have an impact at scale, without strong management and sou
... See moreClaire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
When I was at Google, my very first promotion from Eng 1 to Eng 2 got rejected after 2 years in the role. The feedback from the promo committee was “work on more impactful projects”. I was disappointed, but I also learned that “I’ll just do what I’m told and I’ll get promoted” is simply not true. I needed to rethink my approach.
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And with Escape Velocity, we see the emergence of the classic “Growth Team” that the big companies have. Escape Velocity, Goal: Scaling up growth across many efforts and channels, Roadmap: Multiple growth strategies — primarily 2 or 3 — that work in concert to grow the product to millions or tens of millions of users, Outcom... See more