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The InfoQ PodcastUnderstanding What Really Matters for Developer Productivity: A Conversation with Lizzie MatusovIn this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with Lizzie Matusov about the dependency of effective, productive, and satisfied teams on good software architecture. Understanding this relationship requires understanding exactly what software productivity really is, how modern software engineering research has become more rigorous and practical, and how to apply that research to software development.
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Tech Optimist: An Alumni Ventures Podcast#98 - Meet the Startup Offering Developers a Toolkit To Resolve Their Most Pressing ProblemsIn this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Meera Oak speaks with Lizzie Matusov, co-founder and CEO of Quotient, about transforming developer productivity. Lizzie shares how Quotient leverages the SPACE framework to identify and resolve inefficiencies in engineering workflows, helping teams eliminate friction and collaborate more effectively. With her extensive experience at Red Hat and Invitae, Lizzie offers unique insights into creating smarter, more efficient engineering practices. This conversation highlights the future of developer efficiency and the tools shaping the next generation of software teams.To Learn More:...2025-02-2518 min
The Engineering Leadership PodcastCollaboration & Innovation in the Time of AI w/ Anurag Agarwal & Lizzie Matusov #193We’re back with another session from ELC Annual 2024! This episode features an engaging session on collaboration & innovation in the time of AI with Anurag Agarwal, VPE, Google Workspace @ Google, and Lizzie Matusov, Co-Founder & CEO @ Quotient! In this conversation, they dissect how AI is transforming not only the products engineering teams are building but also how teams work together internally. They cover how Google / Google Workplace specifically use AI both internally & externally, strategies for creating & maintaining alignment across a large org, how Anurag addressed challenges during this transitional period, and more.ABOUT ANURAG AGARWALAnurag Ag...2024-10-2440 minThe Engineering Leadership PodcastCommunity insights from our Pop-Up Podcast Booth at ELC Annual! #129Welcome to the ELC Annual Pop-Up Podcast Booth! This episode features behind-the-scenes conversations of engineering leaders who joined us at ELC Annual last October. These community members jumped into our recording studio to share their best strategies for good communication and providing critical feedback; using OKRs to realign your org; lessons learned from early leadership days; balancing speed vs. quality within your eng team; how technology shifts / bets impact your org; challenges with rapidly changing workspaces between remote, in-person & hybrid; creating a culture of pride & celebrating wins; and combining empathy with the best engineering qualities to determine what you...2023-05-101h 31The Engineering Leadership PodcastEng Founder’s Takeover: Navigating the new fundraising environment, idea-mazing and overcoming pattern-matching bias w/ Lizzie Matusov #126This is a special episode from our new show “Engineering Founders” - Lizzie Matusov, CEO & Co-Founder @ Quotient, shares her unique founder journey – from Harvard’s dual-degree grad program & Innovation Lab to founding Quotient! She also reveals strategies for fundraising, including utilizing your relationship pipeline, incorporating story arcs into your pitch, overcoming pattern-matching bias, and how fundraising today is different than it used to be. We also cover Quotient’s major pivots, tips for not becoming too attached to your first idea & making space for new ideas, defining idea-mazing & its impact on your product, and developing clarity as a founder. For more e...2023-04-1850 min
Engineering FoundersNavigating the new fundraising environment, idea-mazing, relationship pipelines, and overcoming pattern-matching bias w/ Lizzie MatusovThis episode features Lizzie Matusov, CEO & Co-Founder @ Quotient, who shares her unique founder journey – from Harvard’s dual-degree grad program & Innovation Lab to founding Quotient! She also reveals strategies for fundraising, including utilizing your relationship pipeline, incorporating story arcs into your pitch, overcoming pattern-matching bias, and how fundraising today is different than it used to be. We also cover Quotient’s major pivots, tips for not becoming too attached to your first idea & making space for new ideas, defining idea-mazing & its impact on your product, and developing clarity as a founder.ABOUT LIZZIE MATUSOVLizzie Matuso...2023-03-1650 min
EquityDear startups, your developers and engineers are on an islandThis week, Natasha interviewed Lizzie Matusov, the co-founder and CEO of Quotient, which wants to fix the "leaky pipeline problem" in tech onboarding that doesn't set up engineers for success. Yes, that's right, this week we're talking about the work needs, habits and aspirations of developers.Here's a few topics we get into:
The stereotype of a coder, and where collectivism contrasts with those characteristics.
How Quotient is using research, not just aspiration, to fuel its onboarding process
The status quo of tech jobs and if we're seeing employers question some of their pre-conceived notions
Developer r...2023-03-0831 min
Building With People For People: The Unfiltered Build PodcastEp. 10: Illuminating the future of onboarding with Pathlight - Lizzie Matusov on the software talent bottleneckYou just hired a new engineer. How do you reduce their time to productivity? How do you give back hours of time to engineering leaders spent prepping and training the new hire? You examine your onboarding process and you use Pathlight to help.
Today’s show marks the 10th episode of Building With People For People!! I am very excited for our show today as we explore how a pre-med molecular biologist found her way into software and is building a startup addressing the software talent bottleneck. We also discuss proving your product through an MVT (minimum va...2022-05-171h 02
Don't Stay in Your LaneFrom Biology to Software: Lizzie MatusovLizzie went from UCLA in the biology department, thinking about medicine, to the startup scene in the Bay Area, to starting something new on the east coast. Hear how Lizzie thought through each pivot today on DSIYL! 2021-08-1140 min