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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

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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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

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. Nevertheless, you'll still be an engineering manager. If so, you might thrive as an engineering manager.

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Pulse for Product 2021: Meet the Drivers on the Road to Product Led Growth

Gainsight

Our first track, Planning Your Route from PM to Product Leader, is all about helping you fast track career success. You’ll hear from the best leaders in Product Management. Slack lives on the phones and desktops of over 10 million users, and we’re lucky to be joined by Ilan Frank , their VP of Product.

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How To Manage People Who Are More Experienced Than You Are

The Product Coalition

Product management requires so many diverse skills that most likely your people are more experienced than you at least in some of them. If the people reporting to you know better how to do their job, what is your role as a manager? It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology.

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They Are Not Product People

The Product Coalition

After a while, I started feeling more comfortable in the cybersecurity world and was able to talk intelligently about my product and the market. I remember that at some point, I was debating with the CTO and Co-Founder?—?one Thinking like a product leader takes years to do well, and your stakeholders simply don’t have that experience.

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How do you solve your product problems?

Business of Software Conference

Come and join the BoS Community as we talk through each other’s product problems and Bruce McCarthy – our Product Guru – provides wisdom and food for thought as we crunch through your product questions. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.