Startups

You need 2 types of people to keep early-stage startups from stagnating: - someone who’ll shamelessly sell the product before it’s fully ready to be sold - someone who’s embarrassed by this and will push to improve the product faster

What a mistake it is to title-chase when choosing a startup 🤦🏻‍♀️. SVP at a company goes nowhere is SVP of nothing. Early teammate at a company that becomes a $10B+ platform biz, grows into a staff engineer, an SVP of product, an extraordinary leader. Choose company, not title.

I stepped away from Heap last month, after nine fantastic years. Here are some things I wish I could tell my 2013 self. I was excited to write some code, and I had no idea what was in store on the path to 350+ people and a transformative product.