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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

Userpilot

With a self-named newsletter and podcast, Lenny is a widely followed product expert. Lenny is a newsletter writer, podcast host, angel investor, and product consultant. Currently, Lenny is best known for his newsletter, aptly named Lenny’s Newsletter, where he shares insights and thoughts.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Freelance or Contractor Finally, software engineers can also choose to go the way of freelancers or contract workers. Instead, these companies may simply employ engineering managers and a Chief Technology Officer to oversee them.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

A technical review can help your development team adopt new processes and strategies to maximize their speed and efficiency. But is that the right strategy for your business? Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features.

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Hiring a Head of Product | Rich Mironov | BoS USA Online 2020

Business of Software Conference

Rich Mironov // Mironov Consulting. If you don’t have a Head of Product you may suffer from: narrow focus on engineer/development productivity; underpowered product management teams; customer benefits misaligned with actual features; and lack of a realistic product strategy. But it’s hard to hire a Head of Product.

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Positioning Jujitsu | April Dunford | BoS Conf Online Europe 2020

Business of Software Conference

April is an expert marketing practitioner turned executive consultant and author who helps technology companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in Positioning and Market strategy. make sure your customers understand who your REAL competition is.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Productboard founder and CEO Hubert Palan on mastering product strategy. Far too many businesses rely on early-on hunches to inform their product strategies. Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams.

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Hiring a Head of Product

Mironov Consulting

Over the last three decades, across 10 full-time jobs and 150 consulting clients, I’ve headed up product teams 18 times (mostly as interim VP ) and helped another dozen companies choose their Head of Product. What’s In a Name? They come from professional services groups — which is all bespoke contracts and project management.