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Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Without Sales Quotas
Brian Nordli Brian Nordli
Published on April 10, 2025

Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Without Sales Quotas

Quotas incentivize short-term thinking. But does that mean your team should get rid of them? It depends.

Remy Merritt Remy Merritt
Updated on April 10, 2025

Looking for a New Engineering Role? These Companies Are Hiring.

Each organization offers a variety of tech challenges to tackle and benefits to enjoy.

Looking for a New Engineering Role? These Companies Are Hiring.
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Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Updated on April 10, 2025

Impact Meets Opportunity: What it Means to Evolve as an Engineer at Dropbox

Two machine learning engineers share how far they’ve come on their career journeys — and how Dropbox is guiding them further on their paths toward evolution.

Impact Meets Opportunity: What it Means to Evolve as an Engineer at Dropbox
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Taylor Rose Taylor Rose
Updated on April 10, 2025

How Kensho is Building a Generative AI That Delivers Accurate Information

Kensho, S&P Global’s AI innovation hub, may have found the Goldilocks zone for generative AI.

How Kensho is Building a Generative AI That Delivers Accurate Information
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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on April 10, 2025

Market Intelligence Startup SimilarWeb Raises $120M, Plans to Hire 200

SimilarWeb allows users to track traffic on their own sites and apps as well as their competitors’, which has proven essential as the COVID-19 pandemic drives unprecedented levels of traffic onto the web.

Market Intelligence Startup SimilarWeb Raises $120M, Plans to Hire 200
Jenny Lyons-Cunha Jenny Lyons-Cunha
Updated on April 10, 2025

A Bank with a Tech Heart: How Innovation is the Driving Force Behind Capital One

Capital One continues to innovate and use tech to change the banking industry. Built In sat down with experts from its newest business, Capital One Software, to learn more about the organization’s roots in innovation — and its latest exciting endeavors.

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Jenny Lyons-Cunha Jenny Lyons-Cunha
Updated on April 10, 2025

Leader of the Pack: How Fetch Is Reimagining Rewards Products

From a college dorm room to consumers around the world, Fetch Rewards humble beginnings fuel its forward motion.

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Conlan Carter Conlan Carter
Updated on April 10, 2025

‘We’re Also Building for Ourselves’: How Philo’s Streaming Service Was Launched With Love

Passion for improvement, a positive mindset and some serious goal-setting strategy make up the ingredients of this successful product launch.

‘We’re Also Building for Ourselves’: How Philo’s Streaming Service Was Launched With Love
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Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Updated on April 10, 2025

How Capital One Launched This Engineering Leader’s Career

A lead software engineer describes the milestones she’s achieved with the company, from earning a master’s degree to leading teams.

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