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Advice a sales coach gave me was “sales is sorting, not convincing.” I always found that put me in the right headspace to focus on listening first, then being clear. Whether they s…

Thank you! Hoping for lots of good things.

Yes! Just commented saying that too. I loved Dopplr andn I loved that era of Web 2.0 apps.

It really made me think of Dopplr, which was one of the delighful and beautiful Web 2 apps that never quite broke out. The thing that feels different between now and Web 2 is that …

Gift link: https://bellmar.medium.com/five-koans-of-software-architectu...

I’m not surprised. There had been some talks among various platforms to form a coalition and the reason we (Medium) thought they broke down was because people were trying to cut in…

Next time you see that sign-in, can you try dismissing it.

We definitely attract a lot of bad UGC. Not even just bad, a lot of it now is fraudulent AI generated trash. You got me interested in what the volume is of Medium links on HN. I th…

Fwiw, I didn't say fair. I think we all have the same goal which is that we want the front page of Hacker News to have great links. I've been a community member here since 2007 (ge…

Why is this on us (I'm Medium's CEO)? We have control over our own recommendations, and they have gotten a lot better. But people seem to take the worst articles, post them over he…

The whole building should be converted to housing. It's not easy but also nobody is ever coming back.

Lucky! I think it's just Airtable there with very light usage.

This impulse isn't true for us (I'm the CEO) and so I've wondered why this accusation toward management is so common. I suspect, but obviously don't know for sure, that merely maki…

I think there is something to this. We have a long term lease for what is now an empty floor at 799 Market in SF and our landlord will not let us buy our way out of the lease, even…