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12 articlesFour Essential Lessons from The Making of a Manager
In The Making of a Manager, Julie Zhuo, Vice President of Product Design at Facebook, shares her experiences from her first management role and offers advice on how to become an excellent manager.
Five Management Principles of Leading Navy SEALs
The two authors of the book "Extreme Ownership" served as task force commanders in the Navy SEALs. They combined their observations and experiences on the battlefield to summarize five principles for leading Navy SEALs: take responsibility for failures; understand the importance of the mission; collaborate with allies; clarify priorities; and identify and mitigate risks in advance.
What Do VCs Look for in a Pitch?
How do VCs evaluate early-stage startups, especially in Series A pitches? What would make GreylockVC invest in you? How do you differentiate between a good idea and an early business that VCs can invest in? Do you need a VC? Why do startups fail? Why are channels and products equally important? Can you provide a pitch deck template? Do you really understand the term market? What constitutes a good team? What evidence and data should you provide?
Three Key Characteristics of the Intangible Economy
With the development of modern technology, the intangible economy is on the rise. Companies built on intangible assets operate differently from those relying on physical assets. From the book
Three Skills to Boost Team Performance
Many people believe that team performance depends on the skill levels of its members. In fact, the interactions and communication among team members are often more important when solving certain problems. The book The Culture Code summarizes three skills to enhance overall team performance: creating a safe work environment; being vulnerable to build trust; and establishing common goals while continuously reinforcing them.
The Logic and Story Behind Data Domain's Success
Data Domain is a data backup service provider that went public in its sixth year after founding and was acquired by EMC two years later, becoming EMC's second fastest-growing business after VMWare. The CEO of Data Domain shares the story and logic behind this in the book "Tape Sucks," which may be the best SaaS book I've read in recent years.
Four Principles to Enhance Website User Experience
To provide a better user experience, we have summarized four fundamental principles from Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: start with a clear and simple navigation bar; create an impressive homepage; use visual hierarchy to present information; and improve loading speed on mobile devices.
David Kadavy: Why you hate Comic Sans
People hate Comic Sans for its unbalanced visual weight, bad kerning, undeserved popularity, and people's misconceptions of design.
Advertising is a business of monetizing attention
Advertising is a business that monetizes attention. The forms of advertising have evolved with time including informational notices on newspapers, radio and televisions, emails and the Internet. However, the ultimate goal behind never changes — to draw attention and sell.
Advertising is a Business of Monetizing Attention
The forms of advertising have evolved over time: from notices in newspapers to radio and television, and then to emails and the internet. However, its fundamental purpose remains unchanged: to attract attention and successfully sell products.
Amazon's 2016 Letter to Shareholders: The 4 Foundations for Sustaining Growth in Large Companies
Bezos believes that every day should be "Day 1"; without growth, there is death. So how do we prevent "Day 2"? There are four foundations: a true obsession with customers, resisting proxies, embracing external trends, and making fast decisions.
Nir Eyal: How to be indistractable?
The world is full of distraction. Distraction has both external and internal causes. We need to understand the triggers and avoid distraction from inside. Nir Eyal, the author of Hooked, provides some practical advice for us to turn off distraction and remain focused.
About Tian Pan
I'm Tian Pan, an engineer-founder focused on agentic engineering — building autonomous AI systems and scaling engineering teams. I write practical guides on system design, technical leadership, and shipping with AI agents. Previously an early engineer at Uber, Brex, and IoTeX.
