The Blog of Slab
Our learnings on team knowledge sharing, product building, and start-ups.
- CEO WritingHow Andy Grove's Writing Formed The Basis For Modern-Day Startup CultureWhen Andy Grove, former CEO and cofounder of Intel, passed away in 2016, the outpouring of tributes to his memory from the tech world's leading CEOs, such as Tim Cook and Bill Gates, showed just how appreciated his teachings were. The further you look into the leadership tactics of some of the most successful tech companies of our generation, the more apparent Grove's influence becomes.
Ben Bashaw2/27/2019 - CEO WritingWhy Mark Zuckerberg's Writing Style Erodes Our Trust in FacebookEarlier this week, in a post he wrote on Facebook to celebrate his company's 15th birthday, Mark Zuckerberg raised the ire of Facebook's critics yet again. Authors, journalists, researchers, and academics from across the internet pilloried Zuckerberg for his tone, his use of jargon, and his attempts to deflect…Ben Bashaw2/12/2019
- CEO WritingHow Jeff Bezos Turned Narrative into Amazon's Competitive AdvantageThere's probably no technology company that values the written word and produces written output quite as much as Amazon. At Amazon, meetings to present ideas start not with PowerPoint slides but with narratively structured memos.Ben Bashaw2/5/2019
- CEO Writing3 Ways Elon Musk's Bad Writing Habits Hurt Tesla's PerformanceWith SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has built two of the most valuable and disruptive companies of the last few decades. To some, he's the quintessential Silicon Valley founder: inspirational, courageous, forward-thinking.
Sam Holis1/15/2019 - Case StudyHow Slab Helped Rocketmiles Consolidate Their Disparate Toolset
A great documentation strategy is only as successful as the team's ability to use it. Every employee needs to understand not only that the information exists, but where it can be found, and how to distribute it to their peers. This ensures that information is being shared effectively with the whole company.
Sam Holis12/19/2018 - ProductHow to 10x Your Own Productivity as a Manager through WritingManaging a team is all about communication. Contrary to popular belief, that doesn't just mean holding meetings or updating Kanban boards. It means mobilizing others, transferring important concepts, and inspiring your team to do great things using the tools you have.Sam Holis12/10/2018
- Case StudyHow Slab Helped Carrot Build a Culture of Documentation
Documentation is often an afterthought, a way to write down what happened in a meeting or one-off conversation that is never looked at again. But when you disregard the benefits of obsessive documentation, your team will never be as successful as it can be.
Sam Holis10/18/2018 - ProductWhy Obsessive Documentation is Key to Being a Great Product ManagerTo be a great PM, you need technical prowess, deep customer context, and enough creativity and discipline to bring a new product idea to life. But the highest-leverage skill that a product manager can develop has nothing to do with programming or design—it's the ability to write well.Sam Holis10/12/2018
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