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What Do Product Leaders Do?

Mironov Consulting

There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. . Coaching/mentoring/training plan. Or have seniors on your team formally assigned to mentor the novices. We develop good product reflexes.

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A guide to hiring your first Product Manager for startups

BrainMates

The CTO or VP Engineering and the rest of your tiny development team build stuff, because until we have something to sell we don’t actually need sales people. Rich Mironov: “Do you know what finances are? Certified Scrum Product Owner certificate? Audience: What’s the biggest company you’ve managed?