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Startups

Startup hiring interviews differ from big tech. Learn how founders evaluate engineers, what early-stage companies actually test, and how to interview culture-first.

A dim early-morning startup office shot in moody natural light, a single desk with… Startups 5 min read
Startups

Platform Instability Is the Sixth Thing Nobody Told You About Building on Someone Else's Product

Until a Tuesday in the spring, the integration was called one thing. By Wednesday morning it was called something else. We didn't rename it. We didn't get an email.

E Eleanor Chambers
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A solitary founder sits alone at a dimly lit desk late at night, illuminated… Product 6 min read
Product

The Streaming Platform That Taught Me Product Positioning Is a Subtraction Problem

I had eleven features and I could not tell you what my product was for. That's not a figure of speech.

R Rachel Dunmore
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Ai Regulation

AI Regulation and Export Controls: When a Government Order Can Switch Off Your Product Overnight

I spent a decade telling founders that AI regulation and export controls were a problem for next year's general counsel, not this quarter's product roadmap.

W William Novak
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