Operations Optimist

The thing about writing

Our memories are flawed, altered, finite. Writing is not.

Aug 28 • 

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Employee side of cash vs equity compensation

TLDR; it depends

Aug 18 • 

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July 2025

Three steps for culture fit screening

An invisible predictor of hiring success

Jul 31 • 

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The lonely side of remote work

Small rituals and the power of acceptance

Jul 17 • 

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Three quiet truths to succeed as you join a startup

👋 Hey there, it's Diana! Welcome to the #20 issue of the Operations Optimist newsletter. Each week, I tackle questions about building operations…

Jul 3 • 

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June 2025

What’s it like starting a tech company in 2025

TLDR; one-man-shows rock

Jun 19 • 

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#18: From awkward to awesome: the offsite formula for remote teams

Making offsites worth the airfare

Jun 10 • 

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#17: The different flavors of operations

Decoding who is who in Operations

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

10 things I wish I knew at 20, now that I turn 30

Reflecting on the last decade: career, relationships, growth, and loss.

May 20 • 

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#15: The one operations doc everyone needs, but nobody writes

Spelling out our culture, how we work together and making the implicit explicit.

May 13 • 

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#14: Cheat sheet to global employment

The 3 legal ways to hire abroad — ranked by pain level

May 6 • 

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April 2025

#13: Operationally realistic take on making money as a founder

The IPO dream might be a bit delulu

Apr 29 • 

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