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Jun 8, 2021

Being a great leader means killing your ideas: Three counterintuitive mindset shifts in engineering leadership

Elad Ash, Chief R&D and GM at Placer.ai, describes the mindset shifts that have enabled him to build and scale world-class R&D teams.

Elad Ash
Chief R&D and GM, Placer.ai
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May 6, 2021

Four Things We Learned From Debating Innovation Strategy with Aviv Ben-Yosef

A recent conversation between Aviv Ben-Yosef (author of The Tech Executive Operating System) and Nevo Alva (CEO and Co-Founder, Acumen) illuminated four principles for building a high-impact engineering organization

Jordan Elkind
Marketing
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Mar 25, 2021

How Acumen tackles the Mt. Everest of engineering challenges

Estimation of software projects is one of the most painful subjects for any tech company. Here's an inside look at how Acumen tackles the challenge.

Nevo Alva
CEO
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Mar 18, 2021

Linking engineering data sources is critical. (And current approaches don't work.)

Engineering data contain the answers to many of the challenges that dev teams face. But analyzing these data sources in isolation or relying on existing integration approaches leaves massive value on the table.

Daniel Shir
CTO
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Mar 3, 2021

The Post-COVID Work World Will Look Very Different For Developers with Kids

The work habits of software engineers – especially those with kids – may never return to a pre-pandemic “normal.”

Nevo Alva
CEO
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Feb 25, 2021

Announcing Acumen's Funding Round

We're excited to announce Acumen's $7 million funding round and share our vision for the future.

Nevo Alva
CEO
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Feb 18, 2021

Good Eng Team/Bad Eng Team

There’s been no shortage of ink spilled on the topic of excellence in engineering. The best articles on the subject often engage with...

Itamar Mula
VP R&D
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Feb 10, 2021

Reflections on Pinpoint’s Recent Announcement

Like many in our industry, I read Pinpoint’s recent announcement with great interest. (Long story short: Pinpoint is shutting down its current product, an engineering analytics software platform, and pivoting to a workflow collaboration tool.)

Nevo Alva
CEO
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Feb 8, 2021

Five Tips for Newly Promoted Team Leads

Transitioning from an IC developer to a team lead is a major tech career milestone. It’s also relatively uncharted territory. We enlisted our community of dev leaders to share their most important lessons learned along the way...

Daniel Shir
CTO
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Jan 21, 2021

A (Remote) Coffee Chat with Acumen Backend Dev Max Berman

We sat down with Acumen backend dev Max Berman to hear about his experience at Acumen, his connection to the startup’s mission, and what excites him about coming to work every day.

Lauren Glover
Marketing
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Dec 7, 2020

WFH Doesn’t Put Work-Life Balance At Risk

As an entrepreneur in the era of Covid-19, I’ve experienced firsthand the lockdown implications on a startup. I’ve also been closely following other tech leaders as the industry comes to terms with the “new world” of remote work...

Nevo Alva
CEO
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