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Why Product Managers Should not Report to the CTO

Mind the Product

Product managers often end up reporting to the CTO, and some will argue that this is a good thing. Why Shouldn’t a CTO be the Boss? So if they report to the CTO it creates the impression of bias against the business and user. How can CTOs Help? If you’re a CTO, what can you do to help your product managers?

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How Benn Stancil’s newsletter became the cure for data biz ‘thought leadership’

Mixpanel

This isn’t your typical executive “thought leadership.” You’re a company founder and a CTO. In the very early days of Mode, there were three of us: our CEO, who was off talking to investors, our CTO, who was chained to a desk building the product, and me. What do you think of the state of your industry’s “thought leadership”?

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Online conferences are different

Business of Software Conference

Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Don't miss out - sign up now: The post Online conferences are different appeared first on Business of Software USA. Online has to be different. Here’s some things of the things we’ve found work better online.

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Don’t Miss These Speakers at #mtpcon San Francisco

Mind the Product

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Conference Tickets. Leadership Forum. See you in July!

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Beats, Bootstrapping and Life – Mat Clayton on The Product Experience

Mind the Product

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. and at conferences across the US and Europe. Quote of the Episode.

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Reflections on leadership, culture, & growth | Kieran O’Neill | BoS Online Europe 2020

Business of Software Conference

Fresh talks on entrepreneurship, product, marketing, leadership, hiring, and more dropping each week. Don't miss out - sign up now: The post Reflections on leadership, culture, & growth | Kieran O’Neill | BoS Online Europe 2020 appeared first on Business of Software USA.

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Podcast: Too Many Product Managers with Ken Norton

Mind the Product

Now Senior Operating Partner at GV (we still slip up and call it Google Ventures), Ken was a CTO and CEO/founder before he joined Yahoo! Ken has also been a keynote speaker, giving inspiring talks at Mind the Product conferences in both London ( 10x not 10% , 2015) and San Francisco ( Please Make Yourself Uncomfortable , 2016).

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