We’ve been profitable since Month 1 and never raised any money – until a few months ago. Raising money for the first time in 5 years. We’ve been a two-person company, serving 15,000+ people in over 25 countries, for the past five years. Originally, we were a spin-off from Basecamp. Since then, we’ve been profitable…
Interview with Chip Conley, Entrepreneur and NYTimes Best-Selling Author
The question, “What are the best interview questions to ask?” was recently discussed in our online community of 1,000+ managers in Canopy. Here were their answers. You only have one hour with this person, so you need to decide: What are the best interview questions to ask them? Hiring is one of the hardest parts…
Virtual team building is tough. Here are 7 ways you can build social connections on a remote team, even from afar. I’ll be shocked if you’re shocked: Building social connections on a remote team is the hardest part of managing a remote team. According to a survey we ran this past fall with 297 remote…
The upsides, downsides, and everything in between, to consider around using OKRs to set goals as a manager. I remember the first time I heard the term, “OKR” about five or so years ago. My initial reaction was, “Er… Okay, what?” Turns out “OKR” is an acronym for “Objectives and Key Results” — a framework for setting…
Interview with Ritu Bhargava is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce
The #1 piece of information you should be focused on as a leader is sharing company vision. Here’s exactly how to do it. “Company vision” might be the fluffiest business term I know. Thrown around by every nearly business book and article, “vision” is often used vaguely, without nuance or thoughtfulness. Yet despite its watered-down…
Based on input from 1,000+ managers in our online leadership community in Canopy, here’s what to consider if you’re thinking about doing performance reviews. “Should I do performance reviews?” A manager recently wrote this to me. We’d arrived in the middle of the year (already?!), and he was curious if he should kick-off bi-yearly performance…
Here’s the #1 thing your team meeting should be focused on – and exactly how you should structure your team meeting agenda. “What should I put on our team meeting agenda?” I asked myself this question recently because — for the first time in our small team’s history — we’re starting to hold monthly team meetings! Bear with me…
You’ve got your first one-on-one meeting with a new employee scheduled. Here are the 15 questions you should put on the one-on-one meeting agenda. The other week, I held a one-on-one meeting with a new employee – the first I’ve conducted in a while. (We don’t hire that often at Canopy, so it felt a…
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