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A Decade of Product Management

Melissa Perri

Founders realizing they can't do it all on their own, that Product Management is a career, and an important skill for the executive team. -- 2011: "You are crazy for joining a startup, Melissa. Product, and especially product in startups, is now the hot job. -- 2014: "We don't need Product Management help, we need design help.

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Eoghan McCabe on the importance of authenticity in leadership

Intercom, Inc.

Our Chairman and Co-founder, Eoghan McCabe , sat down for a chat with Harry Stebbings on the Twenty Minute VC podcast to discuss his startup journey and the lessons he learned while building Intercom. What distinguishes good leadership from bad? So it’s scary, but it’s so rewarding.”. It’s not enduring.”.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

It was in August 2011 that Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase “ Software is eating the world ” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. .

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Japanese Female Entrepreneurs who Thrive Against the Odds

freshtrax

Gender gap in various industries has been a topic of discussion with there being a huge gap in the percentage of women who are startup entrepreneurs. This is especially true in Japan, where the gender gap in the startup community is even wider than the U.S. The startup world is completely male dominated. tomochinski.

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Don’t Miss These Amazing Speakers at #mtpcon Singapore

Mind the Product

She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys. Product Leadership. Kate has more than 20 years product management, leadership and marketing experience with the likes of Yahoo! Kenneth Chin, CPO Seek Asia. by Kate Leto, Product Consultant.

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Petra Wille: A Social Creature

Mind the Product

After four and a half years at Xing Petra felt the company had grown too big for her to be able to make the impact she wanted, so she then spent a couple of years at tech startup Tolingo, first as head of product, and then as CPO/COO. “I It’s where I gained a lot of the knowledge I use these days if I’m consulting in startups,” she says.

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3 Creative Levels in Your Product Career

The Product Coalition

I even remember that after the successful IPO in 2011, I told my husband that this was the first time that I felt my stock options and their value were truly related to the work I did. Level 3: Deciding What to Draw When I joined Twiggle — a seed stage startup — as the VP of Product, I thought I was extremely ready.