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Why don’t tech companies pay engineers more to stay?
The top companies for engineers are transparent and they pay attention to an engineer's salary. Ethena
5 min readHow to succeed in sales with social anxiety
Learn from a head of sales how to succeed in sales while coping and handling sales anxiety.
3 min readCompliance training for learners who want audio only options
How Learner Feedback Led to an Audio Experiment For this month’s continuous learning nudge—the topic of which was Bullying—we decided to do a little experiment. Frankly, the last time we...
4 min read“You Work for a . . . What?!”
An open letter to the worried parent of a startup employee Imagine this, your child just graduated from college, a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. You’re ecstatic, they’re the first of...
3 min readMoving from mandatory to a moment of learning
Ethena attended and hosted several panels at this year’s ASU/GSV Summit and walked away with some insightful advice. Below are our key takeaways. The annual ASU+GSV Summit brings together ~5,000...
3 min readNet-positive networking
How we approached the socially-anxious, but necessary experience of networking in our August training nudge Our latest continuous learning nudge, “Networking,” was fondly referred to by the Content Team as...
4 min readKeeping it 100 in sales
Why Authenticity and “Being You” Matters for Our Sales Team Over the past almost ten years in Sales, one of the biggest challenges/lessons I’ve had to tackle is “Being Authentic...
3 min readLearning from the past: our nudge on women in the workforce
Why we chose to highlight women’s history in the workforce in our July training As Spanish philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to...
4 min readTell me how you really feel
Our (evolving) approach to asking for feedback from our customers When I joined Ethena, I was amazed at how seriously our team takes feedback. Feedback is everywhere at Ethena—look no...
5 min readWe raised a $15.5M Series A to make compliance “Left of Boom”
When I joined the United States Army, I learned a bunch of new words and phrases, and one that stuck with me is “left of boom.” At that time, the...
3 min readTaking care of some things
Why I started a Mental Health Day for my sales team I wanted to do loads of things when starting the sales team at Ethena, but one initiative majorly stood...
3 min readA People Person #1 – People and politics
What I’m learning about how to lead people during political times Hi there, I’m Roxanne Petraeus, the CEO and co-founder of Ethena, and I’m starting this newsletter to talk about...
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