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How Benn Stancil’s newsletter became the cure for data biz ‘thought leadership’

Mixpanel

This isn’t your typical executive “thought leadership.” You’re a company founder and a CTO. In the very early days of Mode, there were three of us: our CEO, who was off talking to investors, our CTO, who was chained to a desk building the product, and me. They helped us establish a brand, and brand matters.”

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. And Digg is an iconic brand, really amazing products in its time. How do we fix it?”

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We’re doubling our product teams in San Francisco, Dublin & London

Intercom, Inc.

Our Dublin team is led by our co-founders Des Traynor (our Chief Strategy Officer) and Ciaran Lee (our Chief Technology Officer), along with Paul Adams, leading product management, design and research, and Darragh Curran, leading engineering. Paul needs no introduction for most of you reading this.

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Product Manager Career Path In Google, Amazon, Facebook & Microsoft

The Basics of Product Management

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). In some other companies, product management (along with project management), roles up to the CIO (Chief Information Officer).

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SaaS growth in 2022: Why tracking competitive advantage will NOT yield marketing leadership

Usersnap

Since the product itself plays a much more critical role in revenue compared to customer service, sales, and branding. The disruptive growth approach focuses on gaining market leadership with a lower-cost product, which will help capture new customers. Here are the five essential steps for any SaaS company seeking market leadership.

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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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How Executives can Empower Great Design

Modus Create

And InVision’s The New Design Frontier report on design maturity found that organizations with high-performing, mature design teams “are more likely to see cost savings, revenue gains, productivity gains, speed to market, and brand and market position improvements through their design efforts.” Get Involved with Research.