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How Johannes Gutenberg Can Make You a Better Product Manager

The Product Coalition

Because scribes display more diligence and industry than printers.” Maybe the snake oil of its time, either way, he failed due to timing. However, it was delayed due to a flood?—?leaving Due to Gutenberg’s lack of means to pay back, Fust received the machinery, type set and supplies. 1492, to be exact. Fust prevailed.

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. So we do that for customers, and that’s the team I’m working on.

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10 Reasons Your Product is Hurting Your Sales Team

The Product Coalition

I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” I’ve struggled to find many examples detailing how to bond product and sales teams ( Antonia Bozhkova offers a good perspective ). Your teams will realign and strengthen their partnership as they see the product through each other’s eyes.

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How to Write A Product Manager Cover Letter + Example

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Include 2-3 paragraphs that spotlight your relevant skills, professional or educational experience, and clear-cut accomplishments. You can ensure that every body paragraph hits home by: Reading up on what the employer is looking for, both in the job role and in a team member, so that you can display what they want.

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Take a Peloton Ride with Amy Bunszel, SVP of Design and Creation Products at Autodesk

Gainsight

It is a genuinely worthy lesson about willingness to learn, the ability to adapt successfully, the power of motivating team leadership, the benefits of making data-driven decisions from product usage insights, and the results produced from commitment. She is an electrical engineer by education, and her first job was at G.E.

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Flow’s Daniel Scrivner on the brave new world of asynchronous productivity tools

Intercom, Inc.

As the CEO of Flow , a flexible project management app for teams, Daniel is working to create a productivity tool that defies conventional metrics, meaning that it simply allows you to get your most important work done without monopolizing the time you spend in the software itself. billion in 2015. How will you stand out from the pack?

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New at Intercom uncut: Watch our entire virtual launch event

Intercom, Inc.

Over the course of the event, we explored our vision and beliefs for the future of customer engagement and communications, and heard from Intercom leaders like CEO Karen Peacock, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor, and Chief Product Officer Paul Adams, as well as some of our amazing customers. We’re here for you.”