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Julie Zhuo

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Julie Zhuo

@joulee

Founder @teamSundial. Angel investor. Author of "The Making of a Manager" amzn.to/2PRwCyW. Obsessed with systems. Design + data person.

Bay Area, CA

Joined November 2008

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Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Mar 19, 2019
My book “The Making of a Manager” is out today 🎉 It’s everything I wish I’d known when I became a manager at the age of 25. Know someone who might benefit from it or looking for a refresher for yourself? Please help me spread the word! buff.ly/2TMsPVh
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Sep 1, 2021
If you surround yourself with great people, you're going to get better faster. But the price you pay is the constant feeling of inadequacy. 1/5
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Feb 5, 2021
Great designers are strong at "product thinking." This is a key aspect of many design interviews, as well as many PM or VC ones. But what exactly is product thinking? And how does one get good at it? Thread below 👇
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Mar 12, 2021
Seven incredibly non-intuitive things about growing your career, a thread 👇
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jul 1, 2024
40 things I wish I knew when I was 20 1. For whatever action scares you (and isn’t life-threatening), remember this surefire way to eliminate the fear: do it 100 times.
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Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jul 28, 2021
I'm becoming convinced there are only three important skills in life: 1) Understanding yourself well enough to know what really matters to you 2) Breaking down big problems into smaller, solvable ones 3) Creating more goodness out of being together than apart
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Mar 5, 2021
My co-founder Chandra Narayanan's quote has become something of a product-builder's mantra for us: Diagnose with data and treat with design. There is so much packed into those sentences! Thread going deeper 👇 (1/15)
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jan 11, 2022
So let me get this straight. The recommended way to safeguard your crypto assets is to turn one private key into many keys and stash them in different places? Like what Voldemort did with his horcruxes?
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Apr 1, 2021
"You were at one company for nearly 14 years?!?!" Yes, I'd say. Here's why: 1) I loved the people 2) I was continuously challenged and learning 3) The mission spoke to me 4) I felt deep loyalty But there was another big reason that was hard for me to admit then... (1/10)
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jan 1, 2023
Start-up life = hard won insights. Here are my top 10 for this year. 1. Doing well at a start-up is not simply about skill, it is about mentality. A start-up mentality values action over correctness, results over process. It suits those that value autonomy over clarity.
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Julie Zhuo
@joulee
May 12, 2021
Is there a term for someone who geeks out on how to get to know someone better? Because I'm definitely in that club. So of course I looooove thinking about interview questions. Thread of my favorite questions to ask folks to understand how they think and work. (1/11)
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jul 5, 2021
"Building dashboards is easier than knowing what to put in a dashboard."
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Feb 21, 2022
How PMs push back against designers: "That's not the priority right now" "We don't have the eng resources for that" "This design is not going to work" "The data shows that metrics dropped with this design change" Here's how you can respond 👇 (1/10)
Julie Zhuo
@joulee
Jun 24, 2021
Everyone has an opinion on design. There's always an immediate gut reaction: "Ooh, I love this!" or "Meh." But how do you go beyond that to honing your skills of giving helpful, actionable feedback? Here are the 7 questions I run through when critiquing a product's design 👇