PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You often see entrepreneurs move into a product management role after their startup. Basically, the strategy is similar. What’s your take?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. Yet, only a few have this “sense” when coming into Product, they argue.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 25, 2021

Bevy’s product was unintentionally incubated through a sister organization, Startup Grind. Startup Grind is a global community that helps to inform, support, and bring together entrepreneurs through local chapters and events. Startup Grind created a product to facilitate and manage the Startup Grind community.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 13, 2024

Gustaf Alströmer is a Group Partner at Y Combinator , where he has worked with over 600 startups. Folks were diverse, including former founders and people outside the technology industry, which contributed to better decision-making and a YC-like mindset. If I drill down what makes companies fail, it’s quite simple.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Christina has helped to grow companies like LinkedIn, Yahoo, Zynga, and the New York Times, as well as numerous startups throughout Silicon Valley. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Nir Eyal, Author and Investor.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

TalkTalk was fined £400,000 in 2016 for failing to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure its customers’ personal data, and for keeping their personal data for longer than necessary. Under the GDPR this fine could have risen to £35 million.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

The role of product management in technology firms is a critically important one that is often misunderstood. What I most often advise is to err on the side of fewer features for the benefit of getting the product out sooner to optimize for learning.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

He’s also co-founded Color Genomics and invested in and been an adviser to companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Square, Stripe and more. I stuck around for another year as an advisor, so I really saw extreme growth in both of those cases. You start to see these common patterns in terms of how things tend to evolve.

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Amplitude

JUNE 8, 2017

Hailing from a tenured career in product management, she was just super passionate about working with startups. “I I had become pretty active as a mentor and advisor to various startups and really enjoyed it! So I was exploring some ideas of my own and also meeting a lot of startups, typically in an advisory capacity.

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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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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

The teams she coaches are from both early-stage startups and multinational enterprises in different industries. She has 7+ years of experience in startups and startup-like teams and most recently led an innovation lab as a product manager in 2019. Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background. 5 out of 5.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As a project manager at an IT company working with many non-technical startup founders, our clients, I often get to resolve a variety of interesting issues that relate to technology and communication. They had spent a lot of time choosing the technological stack and discussing technical solutions with outside consultants.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

As a design thinking consulting firm , we advise on product strategy, lead workshops, and offer customized training to equip your business with the best UX practices. Fantasy has expertise in the healthcare industry, hospitality and leisure, entertainment and media, finance, and technology, to name a few.

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Andrew Chen

MARCH 27, 2019

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2023

Being a Product Manager (PM) in a IT (Information Technology) services company may seem complicated. Still, we have a duty to advise what’s best for the product. I have launched 3 different (successful) companies, I have sold my own products, I have helped 200+ startups launch theirs and I have designed many products for customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2023

He’s a keynote speaker, adviser, and co-author of several books on the subject, including the provocatively titled The Best Service is No Service , Your Customer Rules , and his latest The Frictionless Organization: Deliver Great Customer Experiences with Less Effort. Bill: Sure, absolutely. We got acquired by the large U.S.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 26, 2020

Consultant Consultants are in the business of advising people in a specific field. They may find themselves working with privately owned businesses like startups. For example, technology consultants may have prior IT experience and be hired to help bring digital transformation to a legacy client. However this isn't a hard rule.

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Bain Public

AUGUST 22, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 24, 2022

Interviewing at Bain Public Phone Screen Interview Communication & Listening skills Interview Business Case Writing Test & Technical & UX exercise Top-grading Interview. We help middle market companies and scrappy startups create new value with design- and technology-based products and strategies. Company Description.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

“Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We generally advise against linear, top-down product tours. But if you want a shortcut that's less technically demanding, read on… Why is product tour software important for SaaS? For non-technical product managers, this is a huge win. Every SaaS startup has to begin somewhere. Get a demo today! Userguiding.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You often see entrepreneurs move into a product management role after their startup. Basically, the strategy is similar. What’s your take?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo. Technical experience is not required. I'm excited to shed some light on product management at IBM.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2021

That’s why we often advise SaaS companies to segment users prior to their walkthrough, to make sure that customers only see features during their walkthrough that make sense for their individual use case. Your non-technical product managers and product marketing managers will certainly thank you! Get a demo today!

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

Later whilst being an adviser at Stanford university Neil H. This divide continued and with the rise of technology and software delivery methodologies such as PRINCE2, many Product Managers became well verse in handing over requirements over the fence to technology teams who would then build to such specifications.

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

Identifying users’ needs, wants, and problems In today’s world, there’s no such thing as a perfect digital product, all thanks to evolving customer expectations and the emergence of new technologies. So, I’d advise you to With Usersnap, you can smartly manage feedback from both internal and external stakeholders in one place.

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Product Bookshelf

JANUARY 31, 2017

The book starts with Sean agreeing to be the first product manager at Alpha Technology Ventures. different skills are needed in startups than in mature companies). This list is particularly useful for a product manager who came to the role from a technical team and may not have previously reviewed this type of information.

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BrainStation Product Management

APRIL 8, 2019

Speak to a Learning Advisor. Product Management is fundamentally a white space role, so the skills you need will depend on what skills you already have and what your company does,” advised Jackie Bavaro, Head of Product Management at Asana. Do Some Soul-Searching. PMs do best when the team they’re joining really wants them there.”.

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Department of Product

JUNE 27, 2022

Who does technical leadership? It’s very common for Engineering to want to organize around technology, Product around customer segments, and Design around design function: UX and Research, for example. He now advises startups on how to scale their product development organizations. Who does project management?

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 29, 2020

So I was a startup CEO from 2009 to 2011, somebody else’s startup- I don’t recommend becoming the CEO of somebody else’s startup it’s not very fun – and I learned which I’m sure many of you have had this experience that I’ve been talking with people on my team and I was expressing an opinion.

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Alchemer Mobile

APRIL 14, 2020

How deep does your understanding of the technology go as a PM? And how much do you try to be, like, a subject matter expert from a technological standpoint compared to your engineering team? How do you manage executive expectations, customer expectations, and technical resources? So that’s me. Christy : Awesome.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

I got an MBA and tried several startups – some failures under my belt there – and then ended up at a company in the business intelligence space called GoodData. How to use technology to create something. I need to learn how to build a business and learn how to get others excited to join me, not just tinker with the technology.

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Department of Product

MARCH 28, 2022

It is extremely difficult (and probably not advisable) to attempt to stay on top of all trends. For product people, we’re mostly interested in trends which impact the 3 core skill areas of product management: Technology Business Design So let’s tackle each of these separately. It’s impossible for one person to do.

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