The Next Wave gives us some insight into how they measure success. https://lists.linkedin.com/2015/next-wave

2. Robbie Friedman
” CEO & founder, Viewabill
“
By the credibility gained or lost
as a result of any undertaking.

3. Theresa Vu
“
VP of engineering,
AppNexus
”
Oh trust me, the geek in me loves trying to quantify
subjective things (e.g., sometimes I answer “How’re
you today?” with a numerical value), but I don’t have
a reliable measurement for success.
Maybe getting to this point would be close: “when
what you think, what you say and what you do are in
harmony”. I stole that from Ghandi, by the way.

4. Sandeep Acharya
“
”
Success is all about what I'm building. Is it impactful
in meaningful ways? Is it financially sustainable and
lasting? Are the people who build it with me growing
from it and getting as much fulfillment from the task
as I am? I want to look back on my career and feel like
I participated meaningfully in something bigger than
myself. That's why I love healthcare.
VP of strategy & new business,
One Medical Group

5. Parker Conrad
”
CEO & co-founder,
Zenefits
“
The key is to find the right metric for your field that
gauges if you are making a dent in the universe or
not. For business, it’s revenue. In education, it may
be student achievement. In medicine, lives saved.
Whatever the field, you need to find the right thing
to measure.

6. Paola Santana
“
COO & co-founder,
Matternet
”
By how much better, sharper and kinder the
current version of myself is. Success is not
something outside of us — because goals,
objectives and plans change.

7. Rayna Wiles
”
Vice President of Creative
Services at Westfield Labs
“
We may not be saving lives, but if our
environments help people relax,
recharge, and self-define, then we’re not
just designing for utility; we’re designing
for joy, ambition, and change—
the longest-arcs of all.

8. Ale Resnick
“CEO & founder, Beepi
”
I measure success by
the number of roadblocks
a person had to overcome.

9. Chris Donato
” Operations director,
Chipotle’s Pizzeria Locale
“
By the success
of those around me.

10. Victoria Taylor
“community manager,
WeWork
”
Success is the ability to pay it
forward and support the people
around you.

11. Whitney Wolfe
” CEO and co-founder,
Bumble
“
We want to make a difference, while we also want to
build a profitable business. There seems to be a
stigma around the two living in cohesion with each
other - and we want to bridge that gap.

12. lists.linkedin.com/2015/next-wave