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Lessons from Ada Chen Rekhi

Ada Chen Rekhi, an executive coach, two-time founder, and former growth leader at LinkedIn and SurveyMonkey, created the “Inner Scorecard” and “Curiosity Loops” to help professionals align career decisions with their actual values while navigating startups and technology careers.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Uri Levine

Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze and Moovit, urges founders to fall in love with the problem, not the solution. His advice links sharp consumer pain points with product-market fit, difficult hiring decisions, and resilience through startup life’s routine failures.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Tomer Cohen

Tomer Cohen, formerly LinkedIn’s Chief Product Officer, oversaw its transition toward an AI-driven, feed-centric professional network and established the “Full Stack Builder” model. His operating lesson is absolute clarity: align teams and strategy even as uncertainty reshapes product work.
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Lessons from Sander Schulhoff

Sander Schulhoff, an AI researcher, created the open-source Learn Prompting platform and founded HackAPrompt, a global red-teaming competition. His work asks how adversarial attacks can expose and test the structural security limits of language models.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Oji Udezue

Oji Udezue, a product leader who directed growth and strategy at Calendly, Typeform, and Twitter, developed the “Shipyard” squad model and identified software’s “three-speed problem.” His approach centers on acute customer pain and restructuring teams for AI-era development.
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Lessons from Nikhyl Singhal

Nikhyl Singhal, a former product leader at Meta, Google, and Credit Karma and founder of The Skip, uses ideas such as the “builder story” and “smiling exhaustion” to move professionals beyond titles toward durable careers and leadership.
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Lessons from Jen Abel

Jen Abel, co-founder of JJELLYFISH, helps early-stage B2B startups navigate the zero-to-one phase. Her founder-led sales approach emphasizes discovery, sharper pitching, and targeting tier-one enterprises before the mid-market to build toward recurring revenue.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from John Zeratsky

John Zeratsky, a designer, investor, and co-author of Sprint and Make Time, developed methods at Google Ventures and Character Capital for testing ideas and building products people want. His tactics connect design sprints, attention management, and early-stage startup validation.

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