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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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How To Manage People Who Are More Experienced Than You Are

The Product Coalition

Photo by Pedro Figueras from Pexels As the importance of product management for business success becomes clearer, many startups give one of the founders the product leadership role. It can be a full-blown CPO responsibility or a CTO who runs both product and technology. And are they even needed? My answer is yes, they are needed.

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How do you solve your product problems?

Business of Software Conference

Join us for an interactive online Q&A on 11th March 2021 with Bruce McCarthy (Founder of Product Culture and Author of Product Roadmaps Relaunched ). “In Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Soft skills, such as communication, conflict management, and leadership, play a more vital role than hard, technical skills. They need both technical expertise and managerial soft skills like communication and leadership.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

Userpilot

of leadership roles. 78% of women in tech report feeling like they must work harder than male coworkers to prove themselves [Source: Trustradius , 2021]. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. Again…Why? Maybe because it’s harder for them.

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Our Q2 FY22 letter to shareholders

Atlassian

Forrester Wave, Enterprise Service Management Q4 2021. Over 40% of the new Atlassians hired in calendar 2021 live more than two hours away from the nearest Atlassian office. After six incredible years leading Atlassian’s Engineering team, our CTO Sri Viswanath has decided to move on. But we’re not stopping there.

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International Women’s Day: Reflections from female leaders in product & tech

Mixpanel

“I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals. I’ve personally struggled a lot with finding an appropriate professional mentor and started LevelUp to fix this problem.