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What Do Product Leaders Do?

Mironov Consulting

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Sound Byte.

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What is Product Management, exactly?

BrainMates

You speak finance, technical and customer, connecting the dots for all three. Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. Associate Product Manager (APM) is an entry-level position, usually reporting to a more senior Product Manager.

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Why CEOs Should Not Be Our Primary Source of Customer Input

Mironov Consulting

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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Chief Product Officer: Their Superpowers and Role in SaaS Growth!

Usersnap

Ever wonder what a chief product officer is up to? Well, the CPO position has certainly grown and evolved over time. It’s the CPO’s job to make sure that impact is positive. Leadership. Chief Product Officer vs. Chief Technology Officer. Data-driven thinking.

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Growth, Funding, Pivotal Moments and the Evolution of Adzerk to Kevel

Business of Software Conference

11:22 Mark: And were you considering equity finance at the same time? 19:57 Mark: And what can you say about that, in terms of kind of finances of the business when you were raising? April Dunford Positioning BoS USA. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

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Hiring a Head of Product

Mironov Consulting

I’m specifically excluding roles that are primarily development management: VP Engineering, CTO, CIO, Director of Development, Engineering Manager, Project Office, or Agile Transformation Leader. It’s no wonder that folks are confused, frustrated, and fail to get the product leadership they need. Sound Byte.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

Userpilot

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? Else : “Yeah absolutely.