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Chris Bee

How to Identify A Magnetic Idea

This article is a guide for folks who are working on an idea to begin their startup journey, early stage angel investors who are looking…

6 min readOct 26, 2023

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How to Identify A Magnetic Idea

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7 Less Obvious Lessons from Leading Product Development Teams

Reflecting on my time leading teams and products at high-growth tech companies, there are a handful of less obvious truths about managing…

5 min readJan 31, 2023

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7 Less Obvious Lessons from Leading Product Development Teams

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Observations From My First Year as CTO of a $1B Startup

Just over a year ago, I made the leap from a leadership role at Zillow to CTO at Lessen. It’s been a wild ride ever since. In just one…

6 min readJan 2, 2022

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Observations From My First Year as CTO of a $1B Startup

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Presentation Video and Slides: Getting Your Teams Running Like Clockwork

Aligned with my personal passion for continued education and scalable product development, I partnered with Product School and recently…

1 min readFeb 17, 2020

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How to Lead Your Team With Autonomy and Accountability

The case for two principles that high-performing teams embrace.

8 min readJul 9, 2019

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How to Lead Your Team With Autonomy and Accountability

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Chris Bee

Should You Become A People Manager?

A common decision point engineers, designers, data scientists, PMs and other professionals are eventually faced with when they reach more…

9 min readNov 1, 2018

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Should You Become A People Manager?

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How to Get Your Product and Engineering Teams Running Like Clockwork

If you are a software startup leader, Product Manager (PM), Engineering Manger (EM) or anyone who wants to get their product and…

18 min readAug 16, 2018

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How to Get Your Product and Engineering Teams Running Like Clockwork

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Create Forcing Functions To Get More Done

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a healthy list of non-pressing, but important goals that you’d love to accomplish, but never find…

6 min readOct 23, 2016

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Create Forcing Functions To Get More Done

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Chris Bee

Go Ahead and Re-Invent the Wheel

On the surface, it seems obvious that we would leverage software that has already been built if it suits our needs. The underlying theory…

7 min readJul 15, 2016

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Go Ahead and Re-Invent the Wheel

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Chris Bee

Chris Bee

CTO at Lessen. Former Zillow, Uber, Amazon, Microsoft. Self-starter musing about leadership, product development and motivation.

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