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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. Solvers tend to be reactive to what leadership is really worried about. How do we fix it?”

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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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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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Why CEOs Should Not Be Our Primary Source of Customer Input

Mironov Consulting

A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. A CMO/VP Marketing with strong messaging and promotional chops can spend full time getting the world interested in us. Investments in interview skills coaching, data analytics, activity tracking?

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Hiring a Head of Product

Mironov Consulting

Let’s carefully define a “Head of Product” as someone who directly supervises a team of product managers including hiring, work assignments, mentoring, and resolving cross-product disputes. It’s no wonder that folks are confused, frustrated, and fail to get the product leadership they need. They know how it’s supposed to work.

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Leading the Change: How Ellen Juhlin Introduced Discovery Habits at Orion Labs

Product Talk

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). Teresa: Who are your typical customers? Who was deciding on that output?

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10 Years of Balsamiq: What I’ve Learned | Peldi Guilizzoni, Balsamiq | BoS USA 2018

Business of Software Conference

And then I realized that there was a lot I needed to coach. I started changing my answer not fast enough from I can do this for you to I’ll help you get it done with coaching resources tools and time right. So some more time has passed and the team started getting the message. That’s the proper answer. Loneliness.