The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Leaders are people who provide a compelling vision for people to follow and believe in, and take responsibility for what happens next. Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position. A couple of years later, I got into a real leadership position. Managers and leaders are different.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Create your vision and positioning 4. Each has a different approach to SaaS growth and will significantly impact your company’s product vision and revenue strategy. Create your vision and positioning. SaaS companies should also aim to continuously update their positioning canvas as they scale.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Startups often struggle to communicate the value of their products, particularly in sales meetings. From pitches that drown customers in a word-soup of features, to high-concept vision pitches that leave customers confused and sceptical – many companies struggle to connect authentically with customers in a way that generates deals.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

They are responsible for all product activities within an organisation, creating the overall product strategy to achieve the corporate vision and goals set by the CEO and board members. Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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BrainMates

APRIL 30, 2018

The panellists were: Mark Cohen, CTO at Domain. Mark Cohen (CTO): The first thing is to understand who else is actively doing something in the space, and try and get your head around how they’re doing it. Mark Cohen (CTO): I’m gonna start crossing over into product land. Marie Kellett, former CPO eftpos.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

Analytic Tools 60

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. In fact one of the guys that we used to create a remix for the bands he progressed by himself and he’s now in a position where. And then I think I was in a position where again wondering what to do next. We were in a position where. So more fail.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Companies like Facebook and Disney use this meter to see how consumers are connecting with and reacting to their shows and other products emotionally, whether positively or negatively.” Disney wanted to find out if promoting the genie on social media would positively or negatively impact their marketing strategy. Greg asks Jared.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The next generation of workforce will want and expect the next generation of technology. Outdated and misapplied technologies are ill-suited to the tasks at hand, which creates trouble for the humans using it. By retiring technologies proactively , you can remain focused on consistently moving the needle.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seeing the big-picture vision and possessing versatility enables product managers to impact, even when the spotlight falls on others instead. Some view Product as an equal peer to Marketing, Sales, and Engineering, while others tuck it away under a VP of Product Marketing or a CTO. A Position with Purpose.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. The first part of Radical Focus is a story about a startup which sells tea. They hire a CTO and deal with a variety of team problems along the way. OKRs are KPIs with a soul.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. The vision? Chasing free customer acquisition. Is there a principle to be found in that?

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

Describe the path to your current position and the role mentorship has had in your career growth. “What got me in the door is someone believing in me, then I took the burden of proof as a mission in every position I ever got. in Political Economy and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology.”

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

So when Microsoft released the most "full-featured word processor ever for the Mac" that crawled on their Macs -- we're talking literally two minutes to startup-- the community immediately started posting in newsgroups that Microsoft was actually trying to "kill the Mac.". The title is not important; the work they do is.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

That article seemed to strike a chord in people, and I received quite a bit of very positive feedback. The engineers are working with the technology every day and are in the best position to see what’s just now possible. In most startups, the product person is the CEO (or at least one of the co-founders).

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tim Barker has established three startups and has seen the ups and downs of the startup journey, from his first business being acquired by Salesforce – where he spent five years in the formative age of cloud computing – to his current company DataSift being acquired by Meltwater in 2018. Tim Barker, CEO, DataSift.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

So David and I set the direction, and the strategy and the vision and sort of where we’re headed. And I think, you know, we have a much higher percentage than normal of the community in BoS who are self funded, or bootstrap, I mean bootstraped in a positive, sensible, meaningful way. The teams decide how to build the thing.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 2, 2019

It’s not just about designers even though I’m talking about designers because I’m a designer – this is a quote from Lever, you know the startup that deals with like recruitment. But facts I’ve discovered that many companies just ask a design team to execute on the vision. In fact just do this bit here.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 3, 2017

I suggested that as someone in a position of leading a digital product team, you should always strive to make your team feel like they are in a band and not an orchestra. I’m now Chief Product Officer for FutureLearn. We’re a startup, but entirely funded and owned by the Open University (OU). Product Vision.

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