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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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392: How uncovering customer pains and unmet needs led to launching a rapidly growing product – with Matt Danna

Product Innovation Educators

Joining us is Matt Danna, who graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rochester Institute of Technology, where he focused on web development and human computer interactions. His professional career has entirely involved product roles, most often as Product VP or Head of Product. Useful link: * Learn more about Boulevard.

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

I strongly advocate a “portfolio pie” model of prioritization, to avoid putting all of our development eggs into the feature basket. We did validation with lots of real users before jumping into development, didn’t we?) DEVELOPMENT. More here.)

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Squads Done Right: Mastering Modern Team Dynamics

The Product Coalition

When I introduced the notion of cross-functional, empowered product teams, the CEO said it was exactly what they needed and immediately created a task force with three VPs to lead the change: the VP of Product, the VP of Engineering, and the VP of HR.

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Remote Work: Ways to Think About “Fair” Compensation and Benefits

Johanna Rothman

Before the pandemic, Jenny, the VP of Engineering, insisted that the engineering staff needed to work in the Boston area. Jenny has experienced what many of you have, too: Collaborative teams with diverse experiences can develop products customers want to buy. My various consulting offerings. Johanna's Fiction.

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What is the Role of a Technical Program Manager?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

P - Program: The position is centered on developing and executing technical business programs. For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. Their technical knowledge will be indispensable when it comes to developing and executing their programs.

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Who’s Speaking at Amplify 2019?

Amplitude

However, the idea for a cloud-based conferencing tool sat idle for over a decade while Eric worked as Cisco’s Corporate VP of Engineering. We mean that quite literally: Airbnb’s Payments PM earned her PhD at Stanford for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Shadi Rostami, Senior/Executive VP of Engineering at Amplitude.