Do immigrants take jobs or create them?
Shortly I will be participating in the March for Innovation, in support of liberalizing our immigration policies. I wanted to share some of why I favor a more open approach to immigration, in...
View ArticleSample bias in business
Sample bias is a simple concept. If you do a poll about the economy standing outside the unemployment office people will probably say its bad. If you do it inside the Gucci store you might get a...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name? 10gen is now MongoDB, Inc.
Today 10gen is changing its name to MongoDB, Inc. I wanted to share my thoughts on the change with the MongoDB community. The short version: the company is completely dedicated to building and...
View ArticleThe balance between delegating and doing
Recently I was asked to give a short talk on balancing delegating vs doing at a CEO forum. I thought I would share some thoughts here as I prepare. Mostly from the CEO viewpoint, but many of the ideas...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Being an Introverted CEO
The old joke in Silicon Valley is that you can tell the extroverted engineer from the introverted engineer because he is looking at your shoes instead of his own shoes (and yes, it is always told about...
View ArticleMongoDB Raises $150 Million
This morning MongoDB announced that we raised $150 million in growth capital. Some notable new investors include leading public market investors Fidelity and TRowe Price along with Salesforce.com. I am...
View ArticleMeasuring your company: bookings vs revenue
Many companies measure their progress by some indicator of sales. In the end, product, market, and execution have to come together and how much money customers are willing to pay you is a pretty good...
View ArticleSometimes there is no silver lining
Marketing is often tasked with communicating bad news well. Unfortunately, sometimes people try to hard to make bad news good. I remember one executive at one of my previous employers presenting a...
View ArticleWhy I am leaving the best job I ever had
Earlier this summer, Matt Lauer asked Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, whether she could balance the demands of being a mom and being a CEO. The Atlantic asked similar questions of PepsiCo’s female CEO Indra...
View ArticleA year off
A little over a year ago, I decided to step down as CEO of MongoDB. I am now ramping up my work life again – though not to anywhere near the intensity of being CEO – and I thought this would be a good...
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