From the Operators

Jana Rich of Rich Talent Group spoke to First Round Review about empowering everyone involved in compensation discussions can do better in "Here's How Women and Startups Can Accelerate Pay Equity in Tech"

Steve Blank of Stanford University explains how it’s rare that the smartest technical innovator is the most successful entrepreneur in "The Difference Between Innovators and Entrepreneurs"

Jackie Vouthouris of Corigin Ventures helps you compartmentalize which tasks need immediate attention and which are actual emergencies in "Distinguishing Between Important and Urgent"

Claire Lew of Know Your Company warns that if an employee is failing, leaders need to look both inward and outward for the source of failure in "Someone's underperforming. Now what?"

From the Investors

Alex Clayton of Spark Capital provides a detailed look at the company, product, metrics and valuation for DocuSign in "DocuSign IPO | S-1 Breakdown"

Andrew Oddo of Bowery Capital has an advice roundup from Slack, Zendesk, Electric, Metricly, and Elliot on the benefits of partnering up in "A Founder’s Guide: Tips From the Pros On Building Your Partnership Ecosystem"

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