Monthly Archives: January 2018

Gmail wasn’t really a 20%-time project

I always thought gmail was an example of an employee coming up with an idea, and having automatic-permission to explore it due to Google’s 20% time.  It is constantly referenced in articles about the policy. But there is some nuance … Continue reading

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Criteria for continued funding of new products

At Indeed we’ve been working on continually improving our processes for funding, staffing, executing and assessing new experimental products. One of our challenges is assessing early products and figuring out whether to kill or continue them.  One approach used in … Continue reading

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