It's a holiday week in the US, so please excuse a slightly brief edition of the Mattermark Daily. We'll see you again next Monday, November 27th!
From the Operators
Ada Rekhi of Notejoy shares the story of starting at a company as an IC, building and selling a startup, and becoming an SVP at SurveyMonkey - all before turning 30 - in "How I Went from Entry Level Sales to SVP Marketing at SurveyMonkey in 8 years"
Chris Savage of Wistia writes about a theme we've seen a lot of lately - why it's worthwhile to build a startup even when it seems impossible to topple over the behemoth incumband - in "Building a Business in the Shadow of a Giant"
Dave Kellogg of Host Analytics explains his belief that "Disagree and Commit" is not just "corporate, doublespeak garbage" but actually a worthwhile principle to operate under (editor's note: if you haven't read Ray Dalio's Principles, there's an excellent bit about this in it) - read more in "Handling Endless Disagreements with the “Disagree and Commit” and “New Information” Principles"
In a conference recap post from Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures, read about growing audiences, scaling teams, data science, PR, data-driven content, growth marketing, and more from execs at BuzzFeed, NerdWallet, Y Combinator, POPSUGAR, BuildZoom, Vox, Moz, and more - this should keep you busy over the holiday weekend!
From the Investors
Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures takes over his ongoing "Uncertainty Wednesday" series to demonstrate the potential danger of losing Net Neutrality in the US in "Uncertainty Wednesday: Pay Extra to Read (Or Fight to Protect Net Neutrality)"
Hunter Walk of Homebrew shares an interesting effect of asking for structured feedback, saying that it's "a gift" every time someone provides a previously unkown, correct piece of information about himself in "What I’ve Learned When I Ask For Feedback"
