Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

The technology strategy and roadmap, finally, are owned by the CTO together with senior architects. If you work for a startup, for example, and you currently offer a single product, then you won’t need a product portfolio strategy at present. Figure 4: A Strategy Stack for a Startup The opposite can also be true.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JANUARY 11, 2024

Simplify security | Ahrefs —Improve your website’s SEO for free — Sam Schillace is deputy CTO and corporate vice president at Microsoft. Sam was also a principal investor at Google Ventures, has founded six startups, and was the SVP of engineering at Box through their IPO.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

Vertical Integration for Startups In the past couple of years, I have worked with multiple startups in an advisory capacity and this has provided an opportunity to think about strategy in innovative ways. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Her most recent startup, where she was CEO, was sold to Airbnb, and Ann then went on to work closely with Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in a role where she led development for all new products at Airbnb. Our SF Product team is led by Ann Montgomery, leading product management & design, and Louis Bennett, leading engineering.

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First Round Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Adil Ajmal has built several standout technical organizations from scratch to successful acquisition. Here, he answers the toughest questions from our community. Continue reading at First Round Review »

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Now Senior Operating Partner at GV (we still slip up and call it Google Ventures), Ken was a CTO and CEO/founder before he joined Yahoo! When the opportunity came up to chat with him, we wanted to cover something new – the idea that startups are hiring too many product managers. Should you go work at a startup?

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The Product Guy

MARCH 26, 2020

While startups need to move fast, getting everyone on board with the decisions that are being made is crucial to actually execute fast. That was when I started doing product work more closely with my team, my team lead and the CTO. I would then work with the CTO to incorporate their suggestions and improvements.

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2018

But because it’s the most common title what’s important to consider is what product they manage – if they’re a product manager for Facebook’s News Feed and impact billions of users they’re probably more senior and experienced than a product manager at a brand new startup. Senior Product Manager. One Size Does Not Fit All.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In a recent Intercom on Product podcast , our co-founder Des talked about that old Jedi bell curve meme, and how it often applies to startups’ speed. Most startups journey through the “install more processes” stage until they finally realize they just need to move as fast as possible.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 9, 2024

” Uri is dedicated to creating impactful startups that solve real-world problems and has seen everything from failure to moderate success to big success. This is the biggest driver of startup success. Find the transcript at: [link] Some takeaways: You need to “fall in love with the problem” that you’re solving.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess. all the ingredients of a great startup experience!

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 2, 2024

.” — Elad Gil , technology entrepreneur and investor “ It’s actually easier and safer for startups to work on hard problems, problems that cannot quite be solved with today’s foundation models. We’re excited about riding the capability curve of improving models, instead of fighting that progress.”

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 24, 2019

MVP is a phrase that startup people love to throw around. Startup teams tie themselves in knots considering how they’ll collect the right data from an MVP. I’ve just finished a project that involved scoping an MVP for a technologically complex new product. It’s an acronym that can be used as a weapon. What can we Learn?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

This refers to the fear many large established companies are feeling as more and more new players and startups enter the markets to disrupt them. The role of the Chief Product Officer is different to that of a Chief Technology Officer or Chief Marketing Officer. Becoming a CPO.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products.

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NextBigWhat

JANUARY 6, 2022

Zerodha defies all standard norms of building a tech startup. In this deep community cast, Zerodha’s CTO, Kailash shares it all in conversation with Ashish Sinha. While the world is going gaga over number of engineers, Zerodha builds and scales with.well just a handful of engineers.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Cultural fit: The one compromise you should never make at a startup is cultural fit. and during?—?the

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I remember when a CTO asked me for a more detailed, solution-oriented roadmap. Why did I resist this ask from the CTO? The startup that’s “killing it” (but not). Leaders/managers frequently make the mistake of glossing over uncertainty because they are concerned that people will be demotivated. I resisted. He asked repeatedly.

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The Review by First Round

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Today’s episode is with Adrian McDermott, CTO of Zendesk. Our discussion digs into the challenges that come from scaling startups. Adrian goes much deeper than the “what got you here won’t get you there” advice you hear all the time in startups. Then we dive into another classic startup dilemma: whether to build or to buy.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JULY 14, 2024

Previously, Jessica founded GiftSimple, a social gifting startup, and started her career at Lehman Brothers as an investment banking analyst.

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Arkenea

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Marc Brown, HealthTech Founder and CTO with 20 years of experience building products and leading engineering teams talks about agentic workflows in healthcare, staying curious to foster innovation in tech teams and qualities that make a successful CTO. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

So I talked to several female leaders in SaaS – about their experience with breaking into leadership positions in tech startups – what challenges they’ve faced, and how they managed to overcome them. Do you think it’s possible to combine e.g. working in tech startups with family life/motherhood? Sima Banijamali – Sr.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Suddenly, the team got to know SOC 2 Reports all too well and realized just how burdensome and unscalable it could become, especially for high-growth startups. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Liam: I’ve read a lot about difficulties in startups becoming SOC 2 Compliant.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2019

by Sergey Kizayn, CTO, Intetics. Every startup goes through three basic stages as it strives to become the next Uber or Amazon: idea, launch, and growth. The secret to becoming a successful startup lies in knowing your strengths and weaknesses and overcoming all the obstacles you will face along your journey. No Market Need.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 27, 2018

Back in the early days of Intercom, our CTO Ciaran was the entirety of the on call team, both in and out of the office. Being on call regularly can lead to burnout, apathy or a general desire to never see a computer again. The history of on call at Intercom. As Intercom grew, we built an operations team to help Ciaran out.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Working in Big Tech vs. at a Startup | Day in the Life Trying to decide if you want to work at a big tech company like Google or Amazon, or if you’d be happier at a startup? Trying to better understand the software engineer career path?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 19, 2022

Given that Directors of Cloud Infrastructure are on the executive team, they will report directly to the CEO or CTO. It may take 15 - 20 years to accumulate the experience to become the Director/Head of Cloud Infrastructure and require significant knowledge of cloud technology. Enjoy your work as a cloud architect.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. cto , product , saas Are they publicly available? Beware of being swayed by big-name firms or impressive name-dropping. Understand exactly what the company contributed to each project. Or do you need help evaluating software firms?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

startups fail because CEOs have lousy bosses Why do startup fail? They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. As if that is the problem and solution to most startup problems.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 7, 2024

Startups looking to advertise on TikTok should begin by establishing an organic presence, testing content, and then gradually transitioning to targeted ads. It’s important to maintain high hiring standards even when facing intense pressure to scale quickly.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 4, 2024

Simplify security • LinkedIn Ads —Reach professionals and drive results for your business — Dharmesh Shah is the co-founder and CTO of HubSpot (currently valued at $30 billion) and one of the most fascinating founders I’ve ever met.

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