PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? To make things even more confusing, junior or first-time developers may not understand the terms used at different companies to describe software engineers. To help, we’ve outlined how 12 top tech companies hire software engineers.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Before starting his own venture, Lenny worked in the product and engineering teams of companies like Airbnb and Neustar. Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.”

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 10, 2024

Now he’s releasing his newest book, Transformed , which is sure to become a staple of tech-powered companies worldwide. During the pandemic, tech companies hired excessively for product roles, leading to a surplus of ineffective product managers who now resemble overpaid project managers.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Most companies hire a product manager (and other positions) too late. and during?—?the

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Her most recent startup, where she was CEO, was sold to Airbnb, and Ann then went on to work closely with Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in a role where she led development for all new products at Airbnb. He helped bring the company public and later through its acquisition for $3.5B. Shipping is the heartbeat of our company.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

startups fail because CEOs have lousy bosses Why do startup fail? They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. They are all reasons the founders mentioned when asked to tell why their startups failed. thinking_face: Let’s say a company’s marketing sucks. Google it?—?you’ll

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Unfortunately, in most companies, there is no one who can tell you that, simply because they haven’t seen it before. Whenever I talk to startup CEOs, especially first-timers, the discussion on product goes immediately to UX and wireframes. In the evolution of a startup, the founders initially do whatever they can themselves.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess. all the ingredients of a great startup experience!

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. Most companies offer more than a single product. But that’s still not enough.

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freshtrax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

That is until BASE FOOD , a nutritionally balanced food Japan-based startup, successfully created a product that popularized the industries. market, localization strategy between Japan and the U.S., and company structure. It’s not very common for startups in Japan to pursue the global market. What is BASE FOOD?

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2019

Over the past 13 years we’ve spoken to hundreds of founders and CEOs of software and SaaS companies looking to scale their business. This year at BoS Europe we’re answering some of the most common questions we see scaling companies struggling with. What can any SaaS or software company learn from remote work?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

We take care of most of Intercom’s backend technologies. That includes all of our cloud strategy, cloud operations, backend engineering, IT and security. Prior to Intercom I spent about 10 years working for big tech companies. This is exactly how we think about choosing standard technologies. Who do we outsource to?

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

I recall the startup founder who literally bounced with excitement when we discussed the product being built. There was the CTO who recommended I take his job to align product, design, and engineering more closely. They understand in the absence of learning, companies are doomed to repeat old practices.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. The founders I work with are great people with no ego.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy. Far too many businesses rely on early-on hunches to inform their product strategies. Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

How is the strategy here different for current MBA students? Basically, the strategy is similar. Let's say, I'm an engineer or designer and I want to do some more product work while I'm at the company. You often see entrepreneurs move into a product management role after their startup.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We are gearing up to support you in accelerating your product strategies and provide the tools you’ll need to level up your career in product. There will be unequaled thought-leaders and actionable strategies mixed with child-like joy. Product-led growth isn’t just for startups. Get in, everyone. Four Key Tracks.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 11, 2021

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

From Marketing to Sales to Services, and even a CRM, the platform connects companies with tools they need to scale effectively. Founded in 2006 by Brian Halligan , Chief Executive Officer, and Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Hubspot is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with offices and customers worldwide.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I was learning more about how the company works and how data and measurement could be integrated into their approach.”. “I’m speaking at conferences, doing coaching calls, writing blog posts – I’ve also just finished a book for the company that took three months to write – that’s what I’m up to day-to-day.”

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2018

No matter the stage of the company, product people will find themselves working alongside a tech lead of some sort. At an early stage startup this may be the co-founder/CTO. Tech leads are often your strongest ally when pitching new projects and opportunities to company stakeholders. I also work on North Beach Paper Co.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci Ladislav believes that success is in simplicity that’s why his aim is to help companies to make complex products simple for users. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

One question that surfaced a number of times: as a company that’s branded around Customer Success, what is Gainsight doing to preserve Aptrinsic’s high velocity and orientation towards Product? Listen to the Aptrinsic team (about the buyer, market, technology). They will lead our strategy and message to the Product world.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Competitive analysis of current market offerings absolutely helps your SaaS company. In 2022, the competitive strategy is not as much about analyzing the market opportunities but focusing on the satisfaction of customers. ⤵️ What are the levers of SaaS Growth Strategies? What are the levers of SaaS Growth Strategies?

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