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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. While this might have been the case in the early days of product management, it’s not anymore. 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.

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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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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

I recently spoke at the Y Oslo conference in Oslo, Norway. We covered how to manage messy opportunity solution trees , the most common challenges teams face when getting started with the discovery habits, what Im working on next, and so much more. Its not the exclusive domain of product managers. Discovery is a team sport.

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5 Product Management Conferences Not to Miss in 2020

Revulytics

2019 was a great year to be in product management. Glassdoor named Product Manager the fifth best job out of 50 in America, with more job openings than data engineers and DevOps engineers. Glassdoor named Product Manager the fifth best job out of 50 in America, with more job openings than data engineers and DevOps engineers.

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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. Mixcloud jobs.

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The Unintentional Career of John Cutler

Mind the Product

He’s someone you’ll certainly have come across if you’re at all interested in any of the discussion around the thinking and theory behind product management. “So far this week I’ve had eight coaching calls with non-customers, two coaching calls with customers, and one conference in San Francisco for B2B product managers.

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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. Nir Eyal, Author and Investor. Leadership Forum.