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Science vs. TED

If you suddenly needed life-saving medical treatment, which one would you choose: A drug whose safety and efficacy were validated in a...

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The 6 dysfunctions of OKRs

Unpopular opinion: OKRs don't cause problems, they surface them. If you have a clear strategy, and everyone understands the company's...

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How to survive a "VC Winter"

How to Survive the Coming Downturn in Startup Funding

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"Team grow fast" and "Team don't f*** up."

Transferwise has over 90 teams now, but in the beginning, they only had two: Team "grow fast" and team "don't f*** up." I love this because

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How to move your startup team faster

Pushing talented people seldom works. Instead, I start by understanding their blockers - exogenous and endogenous.

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How to Improve your ROAS

Technically, it’s always okay to have a negative ROAS for some of your ads as long as you're learning. But how do you measure learning?

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Sevens Kill Companies

On the surface, Sara was arguing for essentialism in hiring and firing. If you score your team members on a scale of 1-10, then 4’s are easy

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Growth Sprints vs. Product Sprints

In our Coaching Programme, we teach companies how to run growth sprints. It’s a simple, five-step mix of agile + the scientific method.

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How to A/B test a low traffic site?

Even with very little traffic, you can run insightful experiments every week to boost your conversion. In this two-minute post, we'll explai

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Top Startup Pricing Mistakes (1 of 2)

If you’re thinking about lowering your prices, read this 👇🏼 Setting the right price is hard, especially for your own startup. Most...

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How do you measure "brand building?"

Are you planning to “build a stronger brand” in 2021? (Who isn’t?) But that goal is kind of fuzzy… how do you actually measure it? You...

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I Always Start Clients Here

If you found analytics software like HotJar, but it could actually read your visitors' minds (not just their mouse trails), how much...

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