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Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour

Lenny Rachitsky

He originally joined Twitter in 2015 through the acquisition of his company, Periscope, the largest live video streaming platform at the time. Periscope pioneered technology that inspired Instagram Live, TikTok Live, Facebook Live, and other social networks’ expansion into video streaming.

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Product Management Conferences To Attend In 2024

The Product Coalition

The name, inspired by the British railway caution “mind the gap”, originated in England and has now grown into an international community for product managers. Attendance has increased from a couple hundred attendees in 2015 to 1000s attending our conferences in Cleveland, New York, Ireland and online the INDUSTRY Virtual.

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How JustGiving Crowdfunding Went From an Idea to ÂŁ100m in Five Years

Mind the Product

And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. After a lot of deliberation we settled on the name Yimby, which stood for “yes in my backyard”. 2015 – Launch as JustGiving Crowdfunding. The fundraising “interstitial”, where you could choose how to raise money, in 2015.

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CX pioneer Jeanne Bliss on building customer-centric businesses

Intercom, Inc.

Jeanne is one of the leading voices on customer-centric leadership. Your leadership style, the way you conduct your business, even the kind of person you are, year after year, will define how you’ll be remembered. One-company accountability, leadership, and culture. The lesson? Ditch the reactive approach.

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10 years of UX studio

UX Studio

I remember my first impression when I came across their name: These people are doing something special and valuable, and I want to be part of it. The format may have changed a bit, but we still facilitate Product design trainings , Design Sprints, and Product design courses tailored to businesses.

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Everything You Need to Know about APM Programs

The Product Coalition

Jian, a Google APM from the 2015 cohort had this to say about the variety of the job: Some programs also offer experiences like speaker series and world trips! Naturally, having a big name like Facebook, Google, Twitter etc on your resume will be a bonus. Networking opportunities An APM program is like a key to the Product world.

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Everything You Need to Know about APM Programs

The Product Coalition

Jian, a Google APM from the 2015 cohort had this to say about the variety of the job: Some programs also offer experiences like speaker series and world trips! Naturally, having a big name like Facebook, Google, Twitter etc on your resume will be a bonus. Networking opportunities An APM program is like a key to the Product world.