Sun.Oct 02, 2016

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4 Lessons That Set My Mind About Becoming a Product Manager

The Product Guy

Guest Post by: Sean Echevarria (Mentee, Session 3, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Dustin Levy]. Two years ago I threw myself into the deep end of the Silicon Alley tech scene here in NYC. I joined a growing user experience agency called Motivate Design, without having any real knowledge about UX and its function within product strategy. And I caught what some might say was the product bug!

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Startup competitions – winning isn’t everything

Oren Steinberg

Why do we go to startup competitions? “ I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ” Michael Jordan. One of the fastest growing paths for raising funds and awareness to your startup is competitions. The number of startup competitions seems to have grown tremendously over the past few years. In fact, it is rare to find a conference today that does not include some sort of startup competition, regardless of vertical.

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Become feedly’s wordsmith

Roy Madden

Hello! In the next 3 months, we will be announcing a major new offering and rolling out several partnership programs. We are looking for a prolific and talented content creator to write and produce various types of content and blog regularly, to expand feedly’s digital footprint and awareness. This role requires a high level of creativity, attention to detail, and passion for storytelling.