Parag Vaish

Imagine growing your team by five times, closing a gender pay gap of greater than 30%, achieving a 53% female to 47% male team, and adding six team members who are on work visas all while trying to figure out how to scale Model 3 deliveries, launch a secret new Tesla Roadster from the back of the new Tesla Semi Truck, and working with Elon Musk late into the morning on company saving digital product releases. This book details how a team of diverse and passionate people assembled, under the… Show more

Imagine growing your team by five times, closing a gender pay gap of greater than 30%, achieving a 53% female to 47% male team, and adding six team members who are on work visas all while trying to figure out how to scale Model 3 deliveries, launch a secret new Tesla Roadster from the back of the new Tesla Semi Truck, and working with Elon Musk late into the morning on company saving digital product releases. This book details how a team of diverse and passionate people assembled, under the leadership of Parag Vaish, to become one of the most high performing teams in the technology world. The circumstances he faced were truly unique, yet achieving a diverse team was not a goal, it was the reason the team was successful. And, it was done through a formula driven approach which can be repeated in any organization. Show less

Prioritization in the absence of data becomes somewhat random decision making, with no structure, process, or methodology. This is particularly problematic in the business environment where careers are at risk, not to mention company success. This book tackles the challenges faced by product managers, business decision makers, and nearly anyone who faces decision making in the absence of data. The methodology detailed in this book describes how one can leverage the people around them, peers… Show more

Prioritization in the absence of data becomes somewhat random decision making, with no structure, process, or methodology. This is particularly problematic in the business environment where careers are at risk, not to mention company success. This book tackles the challenges faced by product managers, business decision makers, and nearly anyone who faces decision making in the absence of data. The methodology detailed in this book describes how one can leverage the people around them, peers, partner groups, family members, etc. to make more informed decisions through the collection of micro-crowd sourced data. It was composed over years of learnings from companies like Tesla, StubHub, Microsoft, Disney, NBC, HomeAway, and athenahealth. Show less

F8 speaker on March 26th, 2015. Topic related to mobile initiatives in e-commerce tied to customer retention efforts using Parse.

Full video of the session:
https://developers.facebooklive.com/videos/570/how-mobile-focused-startups-are-building-their-businesses-on-parse

Q&A session about App Store Optimization at StubHub!

Article about the swell of mobile related topics in Q4 and why advertisers should buy mobile advertising.

Many ad buyers and sellers are sitting on the sidelines when it comes to mobile advertising. This article describes why that is harmful to their careers.

Q&A session with the Puget Sound Business Journal about why Atlas Accelerator was hiring during a recession.

A quantitative look at how leading indicators can be a predictor of box office performance of a movie.