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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. Founders of acquihired companies led the teams behind Community Notes, Spaces, Super Follows, Fleets, Communities, Tipping, and more. Copying can be done in good taste or poor taste.

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How JustGiving Crowdfunding Went From an Idea to £100m in Five Years

Mind the Product

In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes. Initially we worked with a team from ThoughtWorks for 12 weeks. 2014 – Testing and Growing the Team.

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The evolution of Ember at Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Frameworks have drastically improved the capabilities of small teams to produce amazing experiences for people in very short periods of time. This is a slide from a talk that I gave in 2015. We have a small but really great infrastructure team who help maintain fast development environments. Preferred choice.

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Everything You Need to Know about APM Programs

The Product Coalition

You might be working on something like updating the company’s privacy policy, or collaborating with a UX team on a new product. 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!

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Professional Spotlight: Zoe Chaves of Splitwise

The Product Coalition

In early 2015 I earned the promotion to product manager. What do you use to help yourself and your team stay on track? The Splitwise mobile team uses Github quite heavily. Sarah Tavel , Merci Victoria Grace , and Andrew Chen have all had a big impact on my work, to name just a few. What are some of your favorite tools?

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Everything You Need to Know about APM Programs

The Product Coalition

You might be working on something like updating the company’s privacy policy, or collaborating with a UX team on a new product. 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!

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Five Berlin Design Studios to Work With in 2021

UX Studio: Product Management

As a design studio that often works with international companies, we’ve developed a remote collaboration process that lets us work effectively with our clients. Besides, we help startups create their digital experiences, like Xeropan, a language learning app, or Zignaly, a crypto trading platform, just to name a few. .