Emilie Kormienko

I don’t know which corners of the internet I’ll be drawn to next. But I know The Pattern will be there waiting for me. And it fills me with dread. Can you also feel it? That nagging sense that there’s a cancer spreading through the internet? That sense that humanity’s greatest invention has been captured by mediocrity and bad incentives and... See more

If an opportunity is exciting enough to drop whatever you're doing right now, then it's a yes. If it's not, then perhaps you should think twice.

According to responders (mostly PMs), PMs have more influence than other functions at over 80% of companies.

I’d describe my time from 2015-2020 (when the book will be published) in three distinct phases: Phase I: 2015-2016: Discovery, exploration, initial research, hypothesis generation (funded by the Ford Foundation); Phase II: 2016-2018: Experience, experimenting, hypothesis testing (working at GitHub); Phase III: 2018-2020: Refining, summarizing,... See more

Last month, we closed $6M in funding (at an $80M valuation) from more than 100 customers and investors, using a link and no pitching. Here’s how it happened, step by step.

Articulating your go-to-market strategy will help you:  To create clarity: establishing the context of your market (reason for being of your business, the alternatives, your customers, and their needs…).  To focus: narrowing down the opportunities and removing distractions.  Put your plan in motion: by turning your strategy into actionable... See more

Option #3: The set-up approach: One strategy that is usually combined with the first option of walking people through the process is to ask them to set up an account right off the bat.