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Recommendation from Bryan McCann, co-founder & CTO of You.com

Bryan McCann, co-founder and CTO of You.com, credits Rajiv Pant as his mentor from day one, guiding team structure, strategy, and B2B pivots that fueled growth.

· 3 min read

you.com: A Game-Changing AI-powered Search Engine

Rajiv shares his involvement as advisor and investor in you.com, an AI-powered search engine using natural language processing and generation.

· 2 min read

Kathryn Friedrich, EVP, GM of Operations at Conde Nast Entertainment

Kathryn Friedrich, former CMO at Thrive Global and EVP at Conde Nast Entertainment, praises Rajiv Pant's leadership through startup ambiguity and uncertainty.

· 2 min read

The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson (book review)

A review of Amy Wilkinson's The Creator's Code, examining six essential entrepreneurial skills from gap-finding to generosity in building successful ventures.

· 5 min read

How do you launch a suite of Mobile, Web, and Voice products from ideation to go live in 12 weeks?

How the Thrive Global team launched mobile, web, and voice products from ideation to go-live in 12 weeks with product development partner Very.

· 1 min read

Why I left being CTO of The New York Times, joined a startup, and am pledging 20% of my equity to charity

Rajiv Pant explains leaving his CTO role at The New York Times to join startup Some Spider and pledging 20% of his equity to Doctors Without Borders.

· 5 min read

Craigslist & eBay: Community sites founded by programmers

Great businesses like Craigslist and eBay were started by programmers without formal business backgrounds, driven by passion, vision, and execution.

· 1 min read

New Company, Effectuation

Founded Effectuation, a product development and consulting company focused on CRM, ERP, media/publishing, and open source.

· 1 min read