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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. After attending a web development boot camp and working as a web developer at a small startup, she got the opportunity to become a product manager. After graduating in 2013, she moved to London, U.K.

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Announcing Pietra and a16z — my first ex-Uber investment!

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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The 10th Annual Product Management Awards Winners

The Product Guy

He co-founded a Machine Learning technology startup and served as CPO / VP of Product at intu plc (FTSE 100), Selligent Marketing Cloud, Epica.ai Harpal now works as an independent consultant and interim Chief Product Officer (CPO) advising companies and teams globally on strategic product development and innovation.

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The Disproportionate Impact of Coaching on Startup Survival

Bain Public

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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How To Break Into Product Management—Sachin Rekhi

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. You also mention paths to product management from being an entrepreneur or being an industry expert, how does this usually work? What’s your take?

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Announcing Pietra and a16z — my first ex-Uber investment!

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, Many of you may have read the recent New York Times article “ Uber and Airbnb Alumni Fuel Tech’s Next Wave ” which is about how alumni of successful startups often split off and start new companies, and how ecosystems of investors/advisors form around these new companies to support them.

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How Software Products are Created in Test Kitchens

The Product Coalition

Test kitchens have been used effectively in almost every physical product and process industry because these product creators know the value of testing and iterating on a product and process in a real-world environment to remove inefficiencies and points of friction before more releasing more broadly. Yep, creative naming.