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Adding a work trial to your interview process

Lenny Rachitsky

” — Matias Woloski , co-founder and CTO of Auth0 “The trial is about their work. We’d reuse the same exercise across all levels and adjust expectations. Director of Infrastructure), we’d make up the exercise when a few candidates reached that stage in the pipeline.”

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Hiring Your First Product Manager

The Product Coalition

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Along with the founders (the CEO and CTO), most of the employees in the company at the time were developers. Cultural fit: The one compromise you should never make at a startup is cultural fit. and during?—?the

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Product Management Skills: Influence Without Authority

The Product Coalition

You could be a lone PM in a tiny startup with no Product Management team, meaning that you only report to the CEO, or maybe a CTO. That being said, it’s still a learned skill which you can begin exercising today, no matter where you are in your career. It takes time to develop, and doesn’t just appear overnight.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Suddenly, the team got to know SOC 2 Reports all too well and realized just how burdensome and unscalable it could become, especially for high-growth startups. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Liam: I’ve read a lot about difficulties in startups becoming SOC 2 Compliant.

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25 must-read product management articles

Roadmunk

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

Userpilot

So I talked to several female leaders in SaaS – about their experience with breaking into leadership positions in tech startups – what challenges they’ve faced, and how they managed to overcome them. So exercising is my best friend. Sima Banijamali – Sr. I knew nothing about tech. As well as some breathing techniques.

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Laura Klein on improving chemistry in product teams

Intercom, Inc.

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Now the Vice President of Product at Business Talent Group , she has honed her expertise into a set of best practices and published them in two books: UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products.