Company Updates

I recently caught up with Emily Glassberg Sands, Data Science Manager at Coursera, to talk about applying machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, and big data analytics to the retail industry. Emily leads an awesome team of data scientists and data science managers working on growth, discovery, the learning experience, and a new enterprise offering.

Five years ago, faced with a new role (team lead) on a new team (team pineapple), I decided to run the perfect stand up. The task felt daunting and I did what all engineers do when faced with a challenge: I used google (hoping to find an answer on stackoverflow or wikipedia).

Coursera was founded by two immigrants who had a vision for a world where anyone, anywhere could transform their lives through access to the world's best education. Today, the global nature of our employee and learner communities is one of our greatest sources of strength and pride.

Kelsey Nelson For many of us, 2016 was a doozy, but we here at Brit + Co are ready to hit refresh in 2017! Follow our Hit Refresh series through January for new ideas, hacks and skills that will help you achieve (and maintain!) those New Year's resolutions.

Being a chief product officer requires many skills, but none is more important than the ability to unify disparate teams and motivate them to create an incredible product. Here is one CPO's journey and what it took for him to succeed in this C-level role.