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392: How uncovering customer pains and unmet needs led to launching a rapidly growing product – with Matt Danna

Product Innovation Educators

At my last company, I was the VP of Product and the co-founder of Boulevard, Sean, was the VP of Engineering. One day Sean’s hair was a complete disaster, and I told him he was looking way too much like an engineer and needed to get a haircut. We try to automate as much of the mundane as possible.

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Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions

Mironov Consulting

So I expect marketing audiences to snooze past improved reporting and geeky back office efficiencies in order to ask…. When they explained how they would know that a solution truly worked, what words did they use? (“As a small business bookkeeper, I spend hours hand-editing accrual report to turn them into cash-basis reports.

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Insider Secrets for High Impact Growth with Sean Ellis

Bryce York

Sean estimated the project would take 30 days when he assigned it to the VP of Engineering. But he made sure to consult the VP before locking anything down. The VP suggest that 6 weeks was more realistic and there’s no way he could do it in 30 days. An Anecdote from GrowthHackers.com.

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What is the Role of a Technical Program Manager?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Primarily, TPMs are responsible for the initiation of programs, from strategy creation to execution to delivery to completion while monitoring and reporting their status to the program stakeholders and all involved parties throughout the program's lifecycle. Primarily, TPMs work extensively with the engineering teams in their organization.

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How to Find a Great Software Engineer Recruiter

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Comprehensive Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path Learn about the ways the software career path can go from junior software engineer to VP of engineering. How much of this engineering role consists of development or maintenance? Who does the position report to? Take a closer look at what it takes!