The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

We need engineers involved throughout. I started my career as a software engineer. The Evolution of Modern Product Discovery: A Quick Recap Back in the ’90s, a lot of times these decisions came from executives, from business stakeholders, and we treated our engineers like they were IT order-takers. Here’s the thing.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mixcloud CTO and co-founder Mat Clayton helped bootstrap his company from humble beginnings in an empty warehouse with no internet connection to more than 15 million active users over a 10-year period, all before they took their first round of funding. He joined us to talk about startup life, scaling, making hard decisions, and more.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He translates complex business problems into solutions that are easily consumed by engineering, marketing and sales. He lives in London, currently working as Product Manager at Gumtree.com, an Ebay company, previously led product at international startups and large organisations. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2018

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.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2021

Becoming an engineering manager is the first step into the big world of management for many software engineers. Engineering managers are tech experts and great leaders. That is why we wrote this article to give you an overview of the transition from software engineer to engineering manager. So let's get to it!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. Originally trained as a scientist, he’s had job titles ranging from scientist, to engineer, to product manager, to designer, and even professor. Dan Olsen, Author and Consultant. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

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Userpilot

MARCH 7, 2024

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. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. Before starting his own venture, Lenny worked in the product and engineering teams of companies like Airbnb and Neustar. Following the acquisition, he transitioned from engineering to the product team , marking a pivotal moment in his career.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup. But at a minimum, any good review should include: Straightforward Analysis : A straightforward report that grades aspects of your technology, processes, and team. It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer. Let’s look at the process in more detail.

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction Innovation – a term that resonates deeply within the halls of tech firms and startup incubators alike. At the core of every technological breakthrough and digital advancement lies a single, unifying element: the relentless pursuit of innovation. Conclusion The importance of innovation in technology cannot be overstated.

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Arkenea

MAY 12, 2025

Look to India, where an elite ecosystem of developers delivers world-class results at a fraction of domestic costs. million engineering graduates annually and a tech workforce exceeding 5.8 This numerical advantage translates into unprecedented access to specialized expertise across virtually every technology domain.

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Userpilot

JULY 27, 2023

Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, providing strategic advice, and managing the company’s operations. Engineering Manager: In charge of planning, designing, and overseeing projects. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams.

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

It is a known fact that startups which are accompanied or coached, view their chances of success as being much higher compared to those that are not. of accompanied startups assess their chances of survival as strong, especially during the current uncertain climate. of startups rate their chances of survival as high, 13.5%

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. There are plenty of resources and advice on unlocking the secrets of the engineering management career path. Speed is every startup’s biggest competitive advantage. Karen Peacock: In college, I studied math and computer science and engineering.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The history of Slack, the most widely used workplace messaging app, is often referred to as a classic startup success story. Many of the world’s most successful startups have outsourced some of their work. Simply put, the CTO must choose between (1) staffing an in-house team, and (2) outsourcing the work to an external team.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 9, 2020

For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. This may entail responsibilities such as, negotiating scope, timelines, and roadmaps with the business owners, stakeholders, and the engineering teams. Primarily, TPMs work extensively with the engineering teams in their organization.

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Business of Software Conference

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Think of it as our ML enabled content engine; where ML = Mark Littlewood, not Machine Learning. Q | How to move from being a consulting to product business. Read on… “Hi Mark, I am expecting to move into the role of CTO of a small start-up. How do I make the jump from big company to small, entrepreneurial, startup?

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

To learn more about how real product leaders are approaching this challenge, I recently sat down with fellow Product Talk instructor Ellen Juhlin (who’s also a product coach, consultant, and Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs ). I know for a lot of startups, it’s really output driven and by the founder, right?

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

We define Product Management as the engine of an organisation that creates value for customers. See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). 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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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Sacramento web design services for startups and enterprises How much does it cost to work with web design companies in Sacramento? In the past ten years, we partnered with rising startups and established brands like HBO, Netflix, the United Nations World Food Programme, and Google, to name a few. Is there anything we can do for you?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 17, 2018

Dave Weiss, CTO BabyCenter LLC, Johnson & Johnson “The biggest success for us was having WillowTree take over the app.”? —?Vice It is based all over the world, with offices in Austin, Boston, Newcastle, London, Copenhagen and India. They are truly committed to the success of the project and work closely with our team.”? —?Dave

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Mixpanel

MARCH 7, 2021

I quickly came to realize how lucky I’d been when I joined a startup as a co-founder and came to raising capital. “I’m currently the founder of LevelUp, a startup aiming to revolutionize mentorship by creating a platform connecting women mentors and mentees based on role, industry, career interests, and goals.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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DISQO

AUGUST 10, 2015

As a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation, Techweek hosts 12 standard events — from a 2-day technology conference and expo to music, startup competitions and more, Techweek is designed to give you many opportunities to network, learn and explore with your local tech community. Lean Startup Conference.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 15, 2019

I went on to do management consultancy at ZS associates. It was I think the biggest startup in corporate history at the time. So the ability to fly for twenty five hours at a time for a cost of eight thousand dollars rather than having to buy fractions of planes. How am I going to actually…” But look at it look at the engine!

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Business of Software Conference

JUNE 27, 2019

Mikey Trafton, CTO, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas. We’re a software consulting company we build custom software for Fortune 500 companies. So the tool I like to use is called RACI and it stands for Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed. They don’t know what you want them to do. I’m counting on you OK.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. We look at the death of the 10 blue links and why Google is now an answer engine as opposed to a search engine. We were delighted to have him join us for this week’s episode. Kevin: Absolutely.

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BrainMates

MARCH 6, 2018

This blog is a transcript of part of that meetup, focusing on how to hire the first Product Manager at a startup. The org chart for a very early startup usually looks like this: the CEO does everything except tech. It won’t take much engineering. Engineers are bad at this. I bet it’s only 10 lines of code.”

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Bare metal startups don’t have a product management team, just as they don’t have a sales/marketing organization or support group or a business analytics squad. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. First, some context.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I made my first foray into startups when I joined Yammer where I scaled the team from 40 people to almost 400. I had a 22-person recruiting team with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. While I used to be very anti remote teams, specifically for smaller startups, I’m seeing success more and more often.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 24, 2021

So there is discussion and other people involved in that discussion, we consult with other people and other people bring their ideas to us. Jason Fried Yeah, I mean, this was not engineered, believe me. Like it’s sometimes it can be months. Other times it can be days. Depends on the depth and the seriousness of the idea.

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