Intermediate Lessons

“Assume executives have a little tiny dinosaur brain”

Making an impact through authenticity and curiosity | Ami Vora (CPO at Faire, ex-WhatsApp, FB, IG)

The secret to landing a supermodel wife

Hard-won lessons building 0 to 1 inside Atlassian | Tanguy Crusson (Head of Jira Product Discovery)

The paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career | Jeffrey Pfeffer (Stanford)

“If the answer is no, fire them immediately”

Lessons from a 2x unicorn builder, 50x startup advisor and 20x board member | Uri Levine

The surprising truth about what closes deals: Insights from 2.5m sales conversations | Matt Dixon

What are the dreams behind your complaints?

Be fundamentally different, not incrementally better | Jag Duggal (Nubank, Facebook, Google)

Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)

Know anyone who uses “I feel” in this way?

Twitter’s ex-Head of Product on Elon, consumer products, culture, more | Kayvon Beykpour

How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Author, Founder, Lecturer)

How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford professor, “Touchy Feely”)

Building 0 to 1: Crafting a vision, getting conviction, and building hype | Mihika Kapoor (Figma)

Vision, conviction, and hype: How to build 0 to 1 inside a company | Mihika Kapoor (Product, Figma)

The GitLab way: Kindness, transparency, and short toes | David DeSanto (CPO)

Often the conversation is: "I want to be promoted." Instead of saying...

Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO)

This will make your message memorable

This will take the pressure off

How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (professor, speaker, author)

How to speak more confidently and persuasively | Matt Abrahams (Professor, Author)