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Intercom’s Sanj Bhayro on creating the right foundation to help businesses scale

Intercom, Inc.

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. In 2005, I was very lucky to join a company called Salesforce, which had just IPO’d.

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In My Humble Opinion by Thor Mitchell

Mind the Product

Sitting at the hard end of the spectrum are leadership, collaboration and communication skills – all of which are coachable, but take time and investment. As Ken Norton wrote in his 2005 article, How to Hire a Product Manager : ‘No one asked you to show up’. Running throughout them all are character traits.

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Why Gender Diversity Leads to Better Products

ProductPlan

Unfortunately, in 2005, women only earned about one in five CS degrees in the US, which continues today. The impact of the years with fewer women in product, plus the higher churn of women in this role, is finding its way into senior leadership. According to our report, both women and men see product leadership in their future.

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TEI 323: Product management insights, stories, and secrets from inside Amazon – with Colin Bryar & Bill Carr

Product Innovation Educators

Our 14 leadership principles are woven into the DNA of everyone who works there and every process in the company, and six of them are directly related to innovation: Customer obsession—people wake up every day trying to figure out how to delight their customers. And, they are here to share their insights with us. .

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How to Promote Team Diversity in Your Organization and Beyond

ProductPlan

When it comes time for promotions, biases—conscious or not—prevent senior leadership from elevating women out of fear they’ll quit focusing on their family or other career opportunities. Your product team shouldn’t be any different, minus the X-ray vision and telekinesis. Avoiding the “Culture” Trap.

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Top 7 UX Research Agency in 2023

UX Studio: Product Management

Founded in 2005 by Theresa Neil, Guidea is a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) – a national certification that verifies that a company is at least 51% woman/women-owned and operated. Product Vision & Strategy. After that, you will receive our proposal with a tailed project plan, reviewed by our UX leadership team.

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Business Development vs. Product Management

The Product Guy

She is a University of Melbourne Asialink Leadership Fellow and Asia Education Foundation Literacy Ambassador. When digging into a new challenge, he starts by establishing a long range product vision, then ruthlessly prioritizes opportunities and features to find the sweet spot between customer needs and business strategy.