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What I Look For in a Senior Designer Portfolio at a Consumer-Facing Early Stage Startup

The Product Coalition

I recently completed the process of hiring for a Head of Design role at my current company and was surprised when I couldn’t find much quality content anywhere (YouTube, Medium, even Google) on how to assess a designer’s portfolio, especially a designer for a senior leadership position. Credit to [link] Example 2.

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Why your UX Portfolio is not getting interviews in 2024? Do’s & Don’ts!

UX Planet

However, if you’re a budding student, someone at a startup, agency, consultancy, or simply someone who is not as confident in their career record, your portfolio becomes your beacon. In your case studies, steer clear of generic solutions. For Senior, Lead, and Staff Levels: Depth, leadership, and innovation are your tickets.

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Leadership in Product, Connect and Explore Workshop Series.

Bain Public

Career Development Program Details: Whether you are a Founder or part of the Product, Engineering or leadership team, you need actionable strategies and impactful techniques that drive results today. Targeted to startups, scale-ups or SMB organizations It takes place over 12 weeks, live via Google Meet. Is this program for me?

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How startups die from their addiction to paid marketing

Andrew Chen

Many of the biggest implosions in recent history – especially ecommerce – have been due to startups getting addicted to paid marketing while fooling themselves on Customer Acqusition Costs. One of the best case studies of this is from @drewhouston’s Dropbox presentation from the early days.

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New Course: Mastering Product Management

Sachin Rekhi

There was even an emerging set of courses focused on product leadership. Some mentioned that while they had worked as a PM at startups for several years, they felt they still lacked the skills and tools to reach the next level in their career growth. I found the same gap amongst the PMs I regularly mentored.

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How to Manage Startup Growing Pains

The Product Coalition

Without a proper foundation to sustain growth , startups are liable to collapse on themselves. Disconnection within departments Luckily, these problems have solutions, and these solutions can be the key to taking your startup out of growing pains and into the next level of success. A lack of managerial direction.

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Who is Marty Cagan: Background, Books, Product Management Tips, and More

Userpilot

Offering insights on structuring teams, discovering the right products , and fostering a strong product culture, Cagan provides a blueprint for success for both startups and established companies alike. Providing evidence, through detailed case studies , that transforming to this model is feasible.