Tom So

As finance has started to take on more responsibility and influence within organizations, the technology enabling CFOs and finance teams has lagged. Most finance workflows, such as annual planning, quarterly actuals reporting and reconciliations, tend to be managed within disconnected spreadsheets with no automation or collaboration capabilities.

The important thing from a logging-into-software perspective is not who you are, but what you are authorized to do. So, Keys, not IDs.

No one can see past a few months in the future for any software development project. That was the major failure of the waterfall approach. Roadmaps are at best North Star visions of where a company should head towards.

This is one of the 🤯🤯🤯 experiments we ran on the Duolingo Retention team : https://t.co/Dv9Wp377vT

The resume templates, examples and tips I wish I had when applying for product manager and APM roles

If you put in the hard work necessary to become a Great PM, you will create tremendous career optionality and time optionality for yourself. And you will leave a lasting imprint on the companies and industries you work in. All on your own terms.

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8: shutting others ideas down va understanding the problem although the solution might not be the best

While selling into the finance department has historically been a daunting task due to large incumbents in the category, we believe the next-generation of finance software has arrived. There’s a huge opportunity ahead for vendors who identify critical components of the finance workflow that have been grossly underserved by technology.