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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

TechCrunch

It plans to use the funds to continue expanding its product, hiring more talent and taking Peek to more places, after passing some $2 billion in bookings from some 35 million customers, mostly in North America. Peek was also not immune. When COVID-19 hit, “it was pretty terrifying for us. “We then did all the hard things.”

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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3 tips for SaaS founders hoping to join the $1 million ARR club

TechCrunch

David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift. 3 key secrets to building extraordinary teams. Building a SaaS company from the ground up is never easy. Is the market big enough? Can we build the solution for the problem?

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Questions and Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs.

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Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title

Lead on Purpose

The book is written in a business fable style. The leadership principles that surface in the story make the book worth reading. If you are looking for practical ways to improve your leadership and your ability to make a difference where you’re at now, this book is a must-read. The story is good and somewhat engaging.

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Eppo, a product experimentation platform, raises $19.5M for expansion

TechCrunch

For example, say a property-booking company runs an experiment aiming to increase the number of daily bookings that they receive. The number of bookings per property per day can range from zero to thousands. “We have seen a resurgence in the interest of experimentation with the recent market downturns.

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Book Review: Halftime

Lead on Purpose

In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life.