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Stat of the day: 38% of remote workers work from bed
A true home office is still a luxury, and most remote workers don't have one (2021)
Do Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It. - The New York Times
For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine what work might look like. (2021)
The Key to Achieving Gender Equality in Tech
The tech field failed a 25-year challenge to achieve gender equality by 2020. But the shift can start with a culture change. (2020)
Coaching for CS Students - CodePath
CodePath partners with two-year and four-year colleges to provide an extra layer of support, mentorship, and career coaching for computer science s... (2020)
Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree
Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college. a similar program Google offe... (2020)
‘Where I got it wrong’: The Wing’s Audrey Gelman confronts the realities of rapid growth
For years, Gelman was the archetypal girlboss. But despite raising some $118 million and building a buzzy brand, there was more going on behind the... (2020)
It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time
A new study from Harvard reveals that open-plan offices decrease rather than increase face-to-face collaboration. (2018)
The Benefits of Employer-Provided Education – Letters - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education
In a curious argument in his essay “Can Starbucks Save the Middle Class? No. But It Might Ruin Higher Education.” (August 1), Geoffrey M. Cox sugge... (2019)
Building an Advisory Board? Remember These 5 Strategies to Land The Right Advisors | Inc.com
An advisory board is a critical tool for getting your business to the next level. These 5 tips will get the right people around your table. (2018)
Why companies are so bad at hiring - The Economist
PERHAPS the oldest management cliché is that “people are our most important asset”. If that were true, companies would rigorously assess their own ... (2019)
Grovo - The world's leading Microlearning solution - Crunchbase
Grovo is the world’s leading Microlearning solution, combining an adaptive and customizable Microlearning library with a modern, flexible learning ... (2019)
John Maeda: "In reality, design is not that important" - Fast Company
The head of inclusion and computational design at WordPress parent company Automattic thinks that designers should be more like supporting actors t... (2019)
Networking Is Overrated - The New York Times
Opinion | Good News for Young Strivers Success is supposed to come to the suave schmoozers. But accomplishing great things helps you make connec... (2019)
Bitwage Now Lets Firms Pay Salaried Staff in Crypto - CoinDesk
A new product from Bitwage makes it easier to handle payroll taxes when paying employees in bitcoin or ether. (2019)
Why this CEO makes everything she does transparent to all employees - Fast Company
After being lied to and kept in the dark at previous companies, CEO Mathilde Collin decided she’d give her staff total access to everything. (2018)
Want To Recruit Better Engineers? Open Source Your Code - AngelList
We analyzed the 30 most-applied-to U.S. tech companies of all time on AngelList and found that over half host open-source projects. (2018)
GitLab - How This Startup Made $10.5 Million in Revenue With Every Single Employee Working From Home
It's a classic story: Tech company goes to Silicon Valley incubator, emerges with a plan, and grows explosively. The only exception is that few of ... (2018)
The downside of generous company perks and benefits — Quartz at Work
The ease with which one can extend the workday is not, in fact, a perk at all. (2018)
This is how you should answer “What are your strengths?” || Fast Company
It’s one of the most common interview questions. These are the answers that hiring managers say they are looking for. (2018)
Hire people who aren't proven
Hiring is broken on so many different levels, and it starts right there, at the job offer description. It then continues all the way down to the ac... (2018)
Employers: Is Your Unpaid Internship Program Legal?
Summer is quickly approaching, and so is the time for summer internship programs that college students rely on to gain valuable professional experi... (2017)
Are you a leader or a manager? Here’s the difference || Fast Company
Leaders inspire people, while managers have people who do work for them. Here’s how to figure out which you are, and how you can change. (2018)
Do Workplace Wellness Programs Work? Usually Not (2014) - The New York Times
Programs to keep employees healthy are popular with their employers, but the evidence of their effectiveness is very thin. (2018)
Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise. - The New York Times
Randomized controlled trials, despite their flaws, remain a powerful tool. (2018)
Open offices can lead to closed minds || The Economist
Some workplace designs are more about cost-cutting than collaboration “LONELINESS is a crowded room,” as Bryan Ferry of the band Roxy Music once... (2018)
Here’s the final nail in the coffin of open plan offices - Fast Company
A new study from Harvard Business School finds that open plan offices don’t live up to the hype–in fact, the idea that they promote interaction is ... (2018)
Can LinkedIn Learning help train your employees? - TechRepublic
A month after LinkedIn launched its online learning platform in partnership with Lynda.com, companies report using courses to teach employees progr... (2018)
A 2-Year Stanford Study Shows the Astonishing Productivity Boost of Working From Home | Thrive Global
The jury was out on the productivity effect of working from home. It has returned with a surprising verdict. (2018)
Interview with CTO and Co-founder of Zapier on Working with Remote Engineers
Bryan Helmig, CTO and Co-founder of Zapier, is working with a 100% remote development team since the very beginning of company’s growth. In his int... (2020)
Learning’s Future: Curation With Intent | Pathgather
If you care about corporate learning, you should care about curation. As the need for learning becomes more critical, the pace of technical change ... (2017)
Cross-Cultural Management
This video describes the 3R approach to working effectively in a cross-cultural environment. The 3Rs consist of (1) Recognizing cross-cultural diff... (2017)
Erin Meyer: How to lead a successful international team | Scottish Enterprise
Erin Meyer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and author of ‘The Culture Map’, shares her advice on how to manage cultural behaviours... (2016)
How Airbnb’s CEO uses an Unconventional Management Approach to Drive the $85 Billion Brand
Brian Chesky is the founder and CEO of the roughly $85 billion home-sharing business Airbnb. The company has been around for nearly 20 years and ha... (2024)
Notion for PRODUCT MANAGEMENT | How I use Notion as a PM
HEY. Yes. Notion is the key to planning new software. I assure you it's better than confluence, better than asana, better than any other planning t... (2021)
Inside Microsoft’s big bet on open design
The Verge Published on Apr 29, 2019 Microsoft is completely changing the company's approach to design. This huge shift will impact how all their ... (2019)
"Zombie Startups" by Mathias Pastor
Startupfood Published on Jan 7, 2019 At The Family, we believe that anyone can become a great entrepreneur. DESCRIPTION The end of a year i... (2019)
The Patagonia story: Bringing trends to life
Deloitte US Published on Jun 4, 2018 Experience how leading companies are embracing the Trends firsthand. Company story videos bring the Trends... (2018)
Learning In The Flow Of Work - Keynote Presentation - Josh Bersin 2018
Josh Bersin Published on Nov 4, 2018 This presentation walks through the concepts and details of Learning in the Flow of Work, delivered at Linke... (2018)
Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice
YC Partner Jared Friedman joins founders -- Lillian Chou (COO, Second Measure) -- Diana Hu (CTO, Escher Reality), Calvin French-Owen (CTO, Segm... (2018)
Running Your Company - by Patrick Collison (Stripe CEO, Founder) -- YC Startup School
Y Combinator Published on Oct 3, 2018 YC Partner Adora Cheung, along with Patrick Collison, the founder of well known YC alumnus Stripe, discuss ... (2018)
Building an Engineering Team YC Startup School - by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
Former YC Partner and founder of TripleByte Harj Taggar, along with his cofounder Ammon Bartram discuss a topic startups often struggle with most: ... (2018)
How to Build and Manage Teams - CS183F | Stanford University | Vinod Khosla
Stanford University: Published on May 31, 2017, Anu Hariharan, Partner at YC Continuity, sits down with Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures an... (2017)
Quora - Remote First
Greylock general partner David Thacker sat down with Quora CEO and co-founder Adam D'Angelo to discuss his decision to make the company a remote-fi... (2020)
How Stripe's COO approaches company building
In this episode of Resources for Humans, Jack sits down with Stripe’s Chief Operating Officer, Claire Hughes Johnson, who spent over a decade at Go... (2018)
Cultural Breadth, Embeddedness, and Creativity - Google NotebookLM
This paper proposes that an individual's creativity is influenced by their adoption of their social group's culture. Creativity requires both novel... (2025)
#253 — Corporate Courage - Making Sense with Sam Harris | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Making Sense with Sam Harris on Spotify. In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Jason Fried about the r... (2021)
Podcast: Hired by an algorithm | MIT Technology Review
If you’ve applied for a job lately, it’s all but guaranteed that your application was reviewed by software—in most cases, before a human ever laid ... (2021)
Companies & Culture: What You Do Is Who You Are - a16z Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. This podcast -- which was recorded at the Computer History Museum in a live event, before the ... (2021)
20VC: Klarna Founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Scaling - The Twenty Minute VC
Listen to this episode from The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch on Spotify. Sebastian Siemiatkowski is the Founder... (2021)
Amazon Narratives: Memos, Working Backwards from Release, More - a16z Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. When you hear stories about Amazon's "invention machine" -- which led to a company with not ju... (2021)
On Fear and Leadership: Product to Sales CTOs & CEOs - Andreessen Horowitz | Podcast
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. There's a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders -- and their startups ... (2020)
a16z Podcast: The Stories and Code of Culture Change
How do you build, set, shape, fix, change, culture? Sharing practical advice while drawing on examples of culture as code from a thousand years ago... (2019)
The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder - First Round
Looking for startup ideas and trying to find a co-founder? Use this founder dating process and ask these 50 questions. (2019)
Finding Success by Staying Optimistic with Ketan Anjaria of HireClub - The Indie Hackers Podcast
Ketan Anjaria's (@kidbombay) path to success was paved with hardship. He was flying high in the 90s dot-com boom, until he lost his job in the cras... (2019)
IndieHackers podcast - with Lynne Tye of Key Values
How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values After spending years pursuing a career in science, Lynne T... (2019)
YC podcast - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram – Y Combinator
Ammon Bartram is the cofounder of Triplebyte (YC S15) and Socialcam (YC W12). Triplebyte connects software engineers with companies that are hiring. (2018)
Audio Of The Week: Skin In The Game – AVC
I have been listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s new book, Skin In The Game, in audiobook form while driving around LA this past week. I’ve always ... (2018)
a16z Podcast: How Founders Hire a VP of Product – Andreessen Horowitz
Hiring a VP of Product — especially as the founder of the company — can almost feel like handing over your baby to someone else to hold, observes a... (2017)
High Potential: How to Spot, Manage and Develop Talented People at Work: Ian MacRae: Bloomsbury Business
In today's competitive job market, can employers afford to spend large sums on recruitment, and then simply let talented people go?High (2018)
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures, by Harvard Business Review
Put an end to miscommunication and inefficiency—and tap into the strengths of your diverse team. If you read nothing else on managing across cultur... (2025)
Scaling People
From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people. Having worked... (2023)
The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way... (2023)
Radical Candor, by Kim Scott
* New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running * Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sol... (2023)
Founders at Work, by Jessica Livingston, co-founder of Y Combinator
Now available in paperback—with a new preface and interview with Jessica Livingston about Y Combinator! Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' ... (2023)
#GiveFirst
In #GiveFirst, Brad Feld advises entrepreneurs to give before they get. #GiveFirst is essentially the new motto of Techstars, a mentorship-driven s... (2023)
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework, are back with a manifesto to combat all your modern ... (2021)
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar
Working Backwards book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's appr... (2021)
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes, director of UX Design at Google
Mismatch book. Read 20 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work f... (2019)
Gusto - Payroll and benefits
Set your business up with modern payroll, benefits, and HR. Gusto also manages third party benefits (health, dental, vision) Our plans were b... (2021)
Fiverr - Find the perfect freelance services for your business
Fiverr - Find the perfect freelance services for your business (2018)
Deel | Global Payroll, Compliance & HR Solutions | HRIS
Hire, pay, and manage teams in 150+ countries with Deel. Run global payroll, ensure compliance, and streamline HR operations—all on one powerful pl... (2025)
HR software for startups | Rippling
Rippling’s HR software for startups lets you offload critical admin work for payroll, benefits, compliance, IT, and finance, helping your startup g... (2025)
Pilot.co - Hire Anywhere | Global payroll, benefits & compliance - pay contractors and employees worldwide
Easily onboard and pay contractors and employees worldwide, in one platform. Pilot is your all-in-one payroll and HR solution for your global team.... (2023)
GreenLight.ai - Simply Manage & Pay Your Extended Workforce.
GreenLight is the world's first AI-powered worker classification, management and payroll platform. We are the API-layer powering the Future of Work. (2021)
Tuple: The best pair programming app on macOS
Low latency, low CPU usage, no annoying UI chrome. Because programmers deserve better than a generic screen sharing tool. (2021)
Figma - Design, prototype, and feedback
Build better products as a team. Design, prototype, and gather feedback all in one place with Figma. (2021)
Miro - Online Visual Collaboration Platform for Teamwork
Scalable, secure, cross-device and enterprise-ready team collaboration whiteboard for distributed teams. Join 15M+ users from around the world. (2021)
Toggl - Simple time tracking. Powerful reporting.
Always getting distracted? Use Toggl as your productivity tool. A simple time tracker with powerful reports and it works across all your devices. ... (2020)
Flock - messaging, communication
Flock, the best team communication app and online collaboration platform, comes with team messaging, project management and other great features t... (2020)
Nomad List — Best Places to Live and Work Remotely for a Digital Nomad
The best places to live and work remotely for a Digital Nomad, based on cost of living, internet speed, weather and other metrics. For startups tha... (2020)
Degreed - The Lifelong Learning Platform
Degreed is a lifelong learning platform that individuals and organizations use to discover learning content, build skills, and certify their expert... (2020)
Elpha: where women in tech talk candidly online
Elpha is where women in tech talk candidly online. We're a private community where members come for personal and professional development, to start... (2020)
Milanote - the tool for organizing creative projects
Organize your ideas and projects into visual boards. (2020)
Trainual - Training Manual For Growing Businesses
Trainual is the easiest way to train your team and keep things running smooth as you scale. The most efficient way to onboard employees, automate ... (2019)
Find engineering teams that share your values | Key Values
Engineering teams describe their culture and how their values translate into daily practices. (2019)
Harvard ManageMentor Spark
Harvard ManageMentor Spark from Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning accelerates leadership team development with personalized learning. ... (2019)
AI Transformation Playbook How to lead your company into the AI era - Landing AI
AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology is now poised to transform every industry, just as electricity did 100 years ago. Between now and 2030, it ... (2018)
Social Impact Movement – Social Impact Movement
Social Impact Movement improves people & social causes connection by curating, educating, and providing easy access to social-related engagement op... (2018)
PayScale - Salary Comparison, Salary Survey, Search Wages
Research and compare average salaries. Free October 2018 salary information matched to your exact job profile. Find out what you are worth. (2018)
Founders Nation
Find or Become a Start-up Co-Founder (2018)
CoFoundersLab: World's Largest Network of Entrepreneurs
Join 400,000 Entrepreneurs Changemakers & Disruptors Free access to the largest Cofounder and Entrepreneurial community on the planet! (2018)
How To Hire | Vettery
A comprehensive guide to the recruiting process from start to finish. With insight from thousands of hiring managers and candidates, How to Hire pr... (2018)