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Beats, Bootstrapping and Life – Mat Clayton on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

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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Hiring a Head of Product | Rich Mironov | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

Rich Mironov // Mironov Consulting. We write wildly aspirational job descriptions for candidates and we confuse subject/market expertise with product management/leadership experience to name just a few errors. Cross-functional leadership. Upcoming Events. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product.

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Podcast: Too Many Product Managers with Ken Norton

Mind the Product

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! Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Ken Norton needs no introduction. Should you go work at a startup?

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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

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. Leadership Forum.

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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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Positioning Jujitsu | April Dunford | BoS Conf Online Europe 2020

Business of Software Conference

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. Upcoming Events. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

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Curated Content – A low down of news and views from the month of March

Business of Software Conference

A marketplace for institutions to bid on recurring revenue contracts. Upcoming Events. Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. A very VC centric view of best practice in developing new territories. Yes, we added an 11th to our top ten list.