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My co-founders at Udemy were the first two engineers I ever worked with. I knew they were smart, but I also just assumed many other engineers would be equally good. It took me a decade to figure out that, no, they were some of the best engineers out there. They were “bar setters” - people who exemplified what true excellence can be in their field. The challenge with most people who want to become great is that they never even meet true greatness. So, that’s your first job: if you want to be great, find a way to meet bar setters. Then, you have a vision or goal to strive for and can start to build towards that. In entrepreneurship, bar setters are famous and public. I can read all I want about Brian Chesky or Travis Kalanick. Unfortunately, for most other roles, this isn’t true. There’s no way to know which one of the people you follow on LinkedIn is truly a bar setter just from their posts. That’s why we’ve built Maven. We curate the top 1% of people in their field, and then give you access to them in intimate, live settings so you can see what the bar should look like for you.  And we’re doing it again with 12 new free Lightning Lessons in our [Elite Operator’s Playbook Series](. We’ve got a former VP at Tesla, Head of Research at Airbnb, and Sr. Product Director at Duolingo coming to teach the real skills you need to become a top 1% operator. [Sign up for free]( Here’s a sneak peek: - Key Skills for Top 1% Product Leaders with Ben Erez (ex-Meta PM) and Nan Yu (Head of Product at Linear) - Become a High Impact UX Researcher with Carol Rossi (former Head of Research at NerdWallet) and Judd Antin (former Head of Research at Airbnb) - How Duolingo Approaches Pricing & Packaging with Jenny Wanger (former PM at SpotHero) and Matt Long (Sr Product Director at Duolingo) - How High Performing Execs Manage Their Time with Yue Zhao (CPO at Fuzzy, ex-Instagram) and Allyson Letteri (former VP of Marketing at Handshake)  - Operate Like a Top 1% Founder & CEO with Sarah Robb O’Hagan (former Global President at Gatorade) and Mateo Jamarillo (Co-founder of Form Energy, ex-VP at Tesla) [Check out all 12 free lessons.]( Gagan CEO, Maven  PS. I want to hear your take on bar setters. What does the top 1% in your field look like? I just posted about this on LinkedIn... [join the conversation here!](   Over 40,000+ professionals have leveled up with Maven Maven Learning, Inc., 10900 Research Blvd 160C, PM3086, Austin, Texas 78759, USA [Unsubscribe]() Â