Archive - Balancing Act

Finding clarity in founder vision

Jul 24 •

Be authentic, not mimetic

Find success by being uniquely you

Jul 18 •

June 2024

Skip to the end

Take a more direct path to your dream role.

Jun 27 •

Inverting the interview process

Interviews can be daunting, filled with uncertainty, pressure, and unknowns. I’ve always disliked traditional interviews and found a way to hack the…

Jun 19 •

May 2024

A proposal to enable an agent-first internet

May 29 •

From operator to investor: lessons from the other side

After years of working in product roles at startups, I recently made the switch to investing. I had talked to ~60 VCs before making the move, but here…

May 10 •

April 2024

Fundraising advice from a newly minted VC

I've gone through ~75 pitches in the last few weeks as a new VC. You are only new once, so I'm sharing some immediate thoughts for founders who are…

Apr 8 •

May 2023

Manufacturing Serendipity

How a single cold email set my product management career in motion

May 10, 2023 •

April 2023

The bug fix that almost cost LinkedIn millions

Lessons on drilling deep into data, navigating a crisis and proactive collaboration

Apr 25, 2023 •

How a single adjustment increased Opendoor’s revenue by $1B in 2021

Identifying a gap in our re-engagement process that led to a significant increase in customers selling their homes to Opendoor.

Apr 19, 2023 •

A Quest for Accurate North Star Metrics

How the MLS enables companies like Opendoor to measure their performance with extreme accuracy

Apr 7, 2023 •

March 2023

H1-B holders: Get your US permanent residency in ~1 year

Guide on how to go about your EB1-A process

Mar 6, 2023 •

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