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The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Lenny Rachitsky

— Will Larson is Chief Technology Officer at Carta. Prior to joining Carta, he was the CTO at Calm and held engineering leadership roles at Stripe, Uber, and Digg. Avoid generic or identity values (like “we build good software”) that lack differentiation and fail to provide useful guidance for employees.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Product Management

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How will you differentiate from these? Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? How do you measure success? will you leverage?

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The Future of Product Management by Richard Harrison

Mind the Product

One of the ways in which these new players are differentiating themselves from others in the market is through great product people and effective product management. The role of the Chief Product Officer is different to that of a Chief Technology Officer or Chief Marketing Officer.

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Leveraging Data Analytics for E-Commerce Business Growth

Valerian Tech

Competing and Differentiating in the Market In a crowded e-commerce market, standing out from competitors is crucial. They can also conduct competitor analysis and discover insights into areas where the business can differentiate itself. Utilizing effective data analytics, e-commerce businesses can gain a competitive edge.

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The Beauty and Brains of Actionable Data: How to Go From Concept to Reality

Speaker: Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek

Join Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC DHHS, and Chief Technology Officer, SolonTek, to learn how you can capitalize on your ideas by blending internal with external while leveraging them into a cohesive strategy for both the short term and the long term. What value do you see in your data?

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Beyond “Cheaper, Faster, Better”?—?Vertical Integration for Startups

The Product Coalition

We entered a working partnership with a technology provider that had the right economic incentives given this solution, delivered differentiation beyond the current offering, and had the potential to expand their customer base (a win-win, which is critical from a Transaction-Cost-Economics perspective).

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Conducting User Research in Product Management

The Product Guy

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.