The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador.

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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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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

MARCH 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant. She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Christina Wodtke, Author and Lecturer.

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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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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

of leadership roles. Also – a study by Paychex from December 2018 found that 33% of women in technology have considered changing careers because of male colleagues. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. Again…Why? Sima Banijamali – Sr.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup. Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features. Will they resent scrutiny from the outside?

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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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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? Soft skills, such as communication, conflict management, and leadership, play a more vital role than hard, technical skills. Freelance or Contractor Finally, software engineers can also choose to go the way of freelancers or contract workers.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 9, 2020

For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. Leadership And last, but certainly not least, TPMs must have strong leadership. These employees rely on the strong leadership skills of their TPM to successfully guide them through the successful execution of the program.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.” How did Lenny Rachitsky get started in product management?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Engineering managers will frequently consult with other product managers, engineers, and their teams while spending time in meetings, answering emails, and delivering presentations to upper management. For instance, what objective metric is there to measure the weight of your leadership or communication skills?

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. The Head of Product or Product Director usually reports to the CPO in a larger organisation or to the CEO in a smaller startup or scaleup.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. I’m also mentoring startups in terms of marketing SEO go-to market at the German Accelerator, which is the official startup program in the Silicon Valley of Germany. Kevin: Absolutely.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Bare metal startups don’t have a product management team, just as they don’t have a sales/marketing organization or support group or a business analytics squad. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. First, some context.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. As startups, we are often competing against larger more established players that can outspend, out-market and out-sell us.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

I quickly came to realize how lucky I’d been when I joined a startup as a co-founder and came to raising capital. “I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals.

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). I know for a lot of startups, it’s really output driven and by the founder, right?

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

It showcases the best from inside and outside of the market research realm with a focus on technology innovation, thought leadership, collaboration and networking. Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Startup Conference, a gathering for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and thought leaders from across sectors and structures.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

It showcases the best from inside and outside of the market research realm with a focus on technology innovation, thought leadership, collaboration and networking. Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Startup Conference, a gathering for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and thought leaders from across sectors and structures.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

It showcases the best from inside and outside of the market research realm with a focus on technology innovation, thought leadership, collaboration and networking. Lean Startup Conference. The Lean Startup Conference, a gathering for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and thought leaders from across sectors and structures.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. So the ability to fly for twenty five hours at a time for a cost of eight thousand dollars rather than having to buy fractions of planes. I’ve had quite a varied career. Mainly in the Pharma game.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Startups often struggle to communicate the value of their products, particularly in sales meetings. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. And we’re a tiny little startup, some of those things look really expensive. Now I’m a startup.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

So there is discussion and other people involved in that discussion, we consult with other people and other people bring their ideas to us. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Like it’s sometimes it can be months. Other times it can be days.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 3, 2017

We’re a startup, but entirely funded and owned by the Open University (OU). I was initially brought in as a freelance consultant by Simon Nelson, who had been recently appointed by the OU as CEO of its new venture. Joel Chippendale and Lucy Blackwell joined as our CTO and creative director. Singer/Songwriter.

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